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Bagwana: The Pillagers of Liberty
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Bagwana The Pillagers of Liberty This page intentionally left blank This page intentionally left blank [54.86.180.90] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 15:25 GMT) sugar point near bear island south of federal dam comes to light creation stories chance and crusade memories ashore native rights of rivers ginseng cedar stands stolen by grafters constitutional greed and guile stately suits treaty decadence over native liberty anishinaabe warriors honored forever among ravens bright leaves and chancy shamans outmaneuvered the third infantry that october trace of costumes 19 blue shadows wounded soldiers shiver alone at sugar point wabigamaa the sandy narrows bears the name battle point on the leech lake indian reservation six soldiers dead bones cracked muscles torn bloody wounds by winchesters over the turnips cabbage and potatoes in a ragged garden cultivated near shore by bugonaygeshig hole in the day midewiwin healer and elusive pillager solitary spirits marvelous sentiments of shamans court and tradition under the cedar 20 + Bagwana set by names ravens and bears visual memories traces of bagwana turned in translation by my heart a native warrior and natural presence at the tree line the red sumac brighten memories hands and eyes against the stones black dog by my heart pillager warriors pictured the scenes at bear island in the hazy morning light side by side in tricky moves kingWshers cut from a bough dragonXies break at sunrise Wrst shimmer in the eyes Bagwana + 21 [54.86.180.90] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 15:25 GMT) eternal motion a native presence Wfteen warriors by my heart roused by black dog loyal dancers turn to vengeance track a band of dakota riders for the wanton unforgivable murder of a pillager child dakota warriors braced on horseback painted for war circle the avengers black dog encampment a shallow burrow carved by hand under the cottonwoods prairie graves thirty enemy dead manes unbound ammunition spent the plucky pillagers Wred stones and slowly turned alone 22 + Bagwana to songs of death heard evermore on the prairie one pillager named bagwana by my heart survived the war by slights rage of light and vengeance a raven Xight manidoo nagamon spirited songs giant thunderclouds overturned leaves a century ago chased in a storm by my heart returned a shaman silent and alone to bear island scent of cedar silent waxwings in the sumac river otters ashore pillager warriors dance with the bears summer colors Bagwana + 23 on the wing bright feathers overnight faces alight by the Wres of the anishinaabe grand medicine midewiwin mighty tricks miigis memories natural reason dream songs creation stories bear traces by heat and heart change the seasons summer in the spring faces on the stone slight waves on the silent water and heal wounded hearts midewiwin singers under cedar boughs post their colors spirit cues and rightly dance 24 + Bagwana [54.86.180.90] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 15:25 GMT) the animals in natural light bright and lusty by my heart teases feathers manidoo bounty abounds in the birch turns the leaves ravens circle great shadows crease the stones alexander henry trader of eminence out of montreal contrived the pilleurs at rat portage natives accused nasty names by marketers faraway that summer cursory chase of a sickly trader near a creek so named pillage nothing more than a native tease a tear of calico unfurled by commerce returned overnight Bagwana + 25 but revenge an evil medicine cursed the natives grievous mamakiziwin spotted faces byword of smallpox blisters and death chief Xat mouth notable name derived from ashigan largemouth bass in translation menaced the dakota teased jean nicolet the explorer fur trader boldly protested provincial trade prices set by secrets and marketers Xat mouth spurned standby wampum paltry bounty empire provisions trophy agents pose of liberators the old chief wisely reasoned 26 + Bagwana pillagers of liberty would never Wght the enemies of the british crown chief Xat mouth traded the royal Xag peace medals and colonial seals for the new colors of the long knives royal covenants heavenly promises over every pelt wild grudges cause of vengeance plainly against the prairie dakota showy americans the turn of enemies territorial vows country cover and commerce never the same by natural reason or trace of war in pillager stories sharpened stone keeshkemun Bagwana + 27 [54.86.180.90] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 15:25 GMT) forever honored by the anishinaabe crane totem visionary leader at lac du Xambeau evaded the british royal cast and military summons...