Thy well-framed wigwam—thy familiar fire,

And sleep so far amid this tempest dire.

[LXIX.]

“Now, brother, hear, what Waban has to say:

The night is cold, and fast the snows descend;

Still round thy sleep will howl the beasts of prey;—

Will not my brother to my wigwam wend?

It smokes well-sheltered and not far away;

There may my brother this drear season spend,

And shun the wrath of Chepian’s angry men,