War Song (Dakota)
Friend, whatever hardships threaten,
If thou call me,
I’ll befriend thee;
All enduring fearlessly,
I’ll befriend thee.
Onondaga Hymn (Iroquois)
Woe! Woe!
Hearken ye!
We are diminished!
Woe! Woe!
The cleared land has become a thicket.
Woe! Woe!
The cleared places are deserted.
Woe!
They are in their graves—
They who established it—
Woe!
The great League.
Yet they declared
It should endure—
The great League.
Woe!
Their work has grown old.
Woe!
Thus we are become miserable.