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I am Ojistoh I am she the wife	A
Of him whose name breathes bravery and life	A
And courage to the tribe that calls him chief	B
I am Ojistoh his white star and he	C
Is land and lake and sky and soul to me	C
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Ah but they hated him those Huron braves	D
Him who had flung their warriors into graves	D
Him who had crushed them underneath his heel	E
Whose arm was iron and whose heart was steel	E
To all save me Ojistoh chosen wife	A
Of my great Mohawk white star of his life	A
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Ah but they hated him and councilled long	F
With subtle witchcraft how to work him wrong	F
How to avenge their dead and strike him where	G
His pride was highest and his fame most fair	G
Their hearts grew weak as women at his name	H
They dared no war path since my Mohawk came	H
With ashen bow and flinten arrow head	I
To pierce their craven bodies but their dead	I
Must be avenged Avenged They dared not walk	J
In day and meet his deadly tomahawk	J
They dared not face his fearless scalping knife	A
So Niyoh then they thought of me his wife	A
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O evil evil face of them they sent	K
With evil Huron speech Would I consent	K
To take of wealth be queen of all their tribe	L
Have wampum ermine Back I flung the bribe	L
Into their teeth and said While I have life	A
Know this Ojistoh is the Mohawk's wife	A
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Wah how we struggled But their arms were strong	F
They flung me on their pony's back with thong	F
Round ankle wrist and shoulder Then upleapt	K
The one I hated most his eye he swept	K
Over my misery and sneering said	K
Thus fair Ojistoh we avenge our dead	K
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And we two rode rode as a sea wind chased	K
I bound with buckskin to his hated waist	K
He sneering laughing jeering while he lashed	K
The horse to foam as on and on we dashed	K
Plunging through creek and river bush and trail	M
On on we galloped like a northern gale	M
At last his distant Huron fires aflame	H
We saw and nearer nearer still we came	H
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I bound behind him in the captive's place	N
Scarely could see the outline of his face	N
I smiled and laid my cheek against his back	O
Loose thou my hands I said This pace let slack	O
Forget we now that thou and I are foes	P
I like thee well and wish to clasp thee close	Q
I like the courage of thine eye and brow	R
I like thee better than my Mohawk now	R
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He cut the cords we ceased our maddened haste	K
I wound my arms about his tawny waist	K
My hand crept up the buckskin of his belt	K
His knife hilt in my burning palm I felt	K
One hand caressed his cheek the other drew	S
The weapon softly I love you love you	S
I whispered love you as my life	A
And buried in his back his scalping knife	A
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Ha how I rode rode as a sea wind chased	K
Mad with sudden freedom mad with haste	K
Back to my Mohawk and my home I lashed	K
That horse to foam as on and on I dashed	K
Plunging thro' creek and river bush and trail	M
On on I galloped like a northern gale	M
And then my distant Mohawk's fires aflame	H
I saw as nearer nearer still I came	H
My hands all wet stained with a life's red dye	T
But pure my soul pure as those stars on high	T
My Mohawk's pure white star Ojistoh still am I	T

Emily Pauline Johnson

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