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Fellow – Native Americans ——

In numbers there is force, for good or evil. Together we stand, divided we fall. The Native American has fell to his present state because of lack of unity, ambition & education.

So…

Is this the Rhode Island state song (the tune?)

A poetic piece or prayer written by Princess Red Wing.

A short essay pondering the power of music.

Transcription:

When the storms of life overtake me

And my heart is sad and drear

And the cares of each day down me

And the night is filled with fear

In the stillness of darkness

When the world is all asleep

And my aching head is…

This penmanship exercise by 15-year-old Lewy Sockbason is tucked into an 1828 report from the Reverend Elijah Kellogg, a Protestant missionary who ran a school on the Pleasant Point reservation for six years.  Kellogg was much enamored of Lewy’s…