With naught but Manitou[342] to fear—

Seemed sweet to those blest sons of men;

Yet it did find its cares e’en then,

For lo![343] at last there came a day

Of sorrow and of dread dismay,

When from a lowering cloud that spread[344]

Across the summer blue o’erhead,

Their God-chiefs awful voice was heard,

As like the thunder rolled each word:

“My children, I am called away