murdered white woman, invoking the blasts to overwhelm them, and direction all the
power and fury of the Americans to exterminate every red-man of the forest who had
committed the hateful deed of breaking his faith and staining the tomahawk with the
blood of a woman, whose spirit still called for revenge. It was agreed among the
Indians in a body to move silently away; and by morning's light not a red-man was
to be found near the British troops. Captain Jones, too, was no more. In the
battle he led on his men with that fearlessness and fury that distressed minds
often do; but his men grew tired of following him in such perilous attacks, and
began to fly. As he returned to rally them he received a ball in the back. Burning
with shame, love, and frenzy, he tuned and threw himself on the bayonets of the
enemy, and at once closed his agonies and expiated his political offence. He was
laid by the side of her he had so ardently loved and deeply lamented."--Events of
the Revolution.
The Dog Star Rages.
They're gone with my last shilling. (Page 88.)
"This is a fact, and no poetic fable."--Byron
Florence's Saloon. (Page 88.)
A much-frequented restaurant in Broadway.
Sunny-Side. (Page 88.)
The country residence of Washington Irving.
The luxury of we. (Page 89.)
W-H-O-A!
A wheel rigged for a tiller. (Page 90.)
A peculiarity of Commodore Christopher B. Miller's yacht, "The Ultra."
Long live the valiant Mayor. (Page 91.)
"If you want me," said His Honor, at the Astor-Place riots, on the evening of the
10th of May, 1849, "you will FIND ME--AT THE NEW-YORK HOTEL!"
The Prairie on Fire (page 131.)
This ballad is founded, in part, upon a thrilling story of the West, related by
Mr. Cooper, the novelist.
The Sweep's Carol (page 146.)
Written to be sung in character, for the purpose of introducing the wild, peculiar,
and well-known cry or carol of the sweeps of New York.
The Fallen Brave of Mexico (page 166.)
Written at the request of the Corporation of New York, for the funeral solemnities
to Lieutenant-colonel Baxter, Captains Barclay and Pierson, and Lieutenants Chandler
and Gallagher, of the New York Volunteers, who died upon the battle-fields of Mexico.
Sung by the members of the New York Sacred Music Society, on Wednesday, the 12th
day of July, 1848, in front of the City Hall.
The Champions of Liberty (page 169.)
Written, at the request of the Common Council of the city of New York, for the funeral
solemnities in honor of the gallant and lamented Major-General Worth, Colonel Duncan,
and Major Gates, late of the United States army. Sung by the Sacred Music Society
in the balcony in front of City Hall, Thursday, November 15, 1849.
The Rock of the Pilgrims (page 182.)
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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