Stirring thy cradle-bed, securely laid
In the arms of the forest tree?"
[24] Indian women take great interest in listening to instruction connected with religious subjects. They often deplore the difference in their position from that of the white woman, desiring for themselves and their children the thousand comforts and advantages they observe the wives and children of the white man possess. Only can they ever hope to enjoy them when their nation becomes a Christian one.
THE WOOD SPIRITS AND THE MAIDEN.
BY MRS. MARY EASTMAN.
Those who have lived among the Indians are accustomed to their faith in the protecting power of the Spirits of Nature. Especially powerful is the god of the woods and forests.
Day with its gorgeous light passes away,
Shadows of coming night darken the way.