A legend of Warm Springs

Edward Robeson Taylor

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~*/ B of CaliforniaUniversity Berkeley A LEGEND WAEM SPEINGS BY W.H, SACRAMENTO: KUSSELL BOOK AND JOB& WINTEKBUKN, PRINTEBS. 1870. Bancroft Library HIS FRIENDS AT THE SPRINOS IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A LEGEND OF WARM SPRINGS. In ere theCalifornia, priests Had their feastsspread evangelic the natives of her shore,Among themAnd Jesus totaught adore; When no one dreamed the hills did hold of ;Heaps upon heaps purest gold When was uncontrolledsavage Might or fear of law,By pity by And crammed at will its brutal maw ; An ancient Castle reared its head itAbove the mountains 'round spread, And so was thecould, lofty pile, Be seen for a mile. plainly many was hereNature so desolate, It seemed as if the hand of Fate Had marked it for bitterest hateits : The mountain sides were stern and bare, And But blood was shed in many brawls, And curses filled its vaulted halls. How hadmany years passed away Since this had seen thegreat pile day, Or whose hands its stones wereby laid, None knew but tradition said ; vague The Toltecs here had held their sway, (1)And most inwrought cunningly stone, In andshadowy ages past gone ; And the chieftain was toproud ?ay, That he his tracecouldlineage "The noble be in various of New(1) religious and other edifices, still to seen parts ' Spain, are referred to this whose has into a forpeople name, Toltec,' passed synonyme ' architect.' ". PKESCOTT'S MEXICO. WARM SPRINGS.

Sujets

• Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• California

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 16
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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