...1792, p. 25, 26. STANZA XVII. And she had heard an Indian tell. Such sounds foreboded sudden bale. " As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...it betokens some mishap to the inhabitants of it." — Career, 31 1. It seas the soul of a Ime-lorn maid. The author of the " History of Virginia," before...

...1792, p. 25, 26. STANZA XVII. And she had heard an Indian tell, Such sounds foreboded sudden bale. " As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...and some of the inhabitants of the back settlements, tbink if this bird perches upon any house, that it betokens some mishap to the inhabitants of it."...

...792, p. 25, 26. STANZA XVII. And she had heard an Indian tell, Such sounds foreboded sudden baic. " As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...it betokens some mishap to the inhabitants of it." — Carter, 511. It was the soul of a love-lorn maid. STANZA XX. Each stepping where the first had...

...themselves on the fences, stumps, or stones that lie near some house, and repeat their melancholy note without any variation till midnight. The Indians,...it betokens some mishap to the inhabitants of it." — Ibid. p. 467. [The Wahon Bird.] " THE Wakon bird, as it is termed by the Indians, appears to be...

...certain by being reduced to the rules of orthography, might convey different ideas to different people. As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...that lie near some house, and repeat their melancholy note without any variation till midnight. The Indians, and some of the inhabitants of the back settlements,...

...certain by being reduced to the rules of orthography, might convey different ideas to different people. As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...that lie near some house, and repeat their melancholy note without any variation till midnight. The Indians, and some of the inhabitants of the back settlements,...

...their melancholy note without any variation till midnight. The Indians, and some of the inhabf itants of the back settlements, think if this bird perches...it betokens some mishap to the inhabitants of it." — Ibid., p. 467. [The Wakon Bird.] " THE Wakon bird, as it is termed by the Indians, appears to be...

...describes ' the Whipper-will, or, as it is termed by the Indians, the .I/ •'••/•<iu>i». ... As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...fences, stumps, or stones that lie near some house, aud repeat their mdancholy note without any variation till midnight,' etc. So Wordsworth's 1 Melancholy...

...Carver (chap. 18) describes ' the Whipper-will, or, as it is termed by the Indians, the MwJcavAt. . . . As soon as night comes on, these birds will place...that lie near some house, and repeat their melancholy note* without any variation till midnight,' etc. So Wordsworth's ' Melancholy muccawis Repeated, o'er...

...cannot find ; what I myself have lost, 1814. 2 1836. Inverted trees, and rocks, and azure sky ; 1814. will place themselves on the fences, stumps, or stones...that lie near some house, and repeat their melancholy note without any variation till midnight." (Travels, by Jonathan Carver, p. 467.) — ED. A softened...