time of his death, which happened at an advanced age, the calumet
of peace was everywhere smoked among the northern tribes, and their
numbers had greatly increased. Wampum-hair was universally honored,
and regarded as the cause of this felicity. But no wife ever cooked
the venison in his lodge. With the dream of his youth vanished all
predilection for the softer sex. He had loved and been disappointed.
Where he expected to meet gentleness he had found pride. He looked for
the yielding willow, and behold the inflexible oak!

But in Leelinau also a revolution had been effected. Her whole being
was transformed. What devoted love that anticipated every wish was
incapable of accomplishing, indifference achieved. Her soul from that
moment flew on the wings of desire after Magisaunikwa. At first she
thought his conduct caused by some temporary pique or resentment, and
trusted to the power of her fascinations to restore him to her
nets. As time, however, wore on, her hopes became fainter, until the
terrible conviction settled like a night upon her soul, that she had
trifled with the noblest heart of her nation and driven it for ever
away. Then it was she felt the desolation no language can express. A
settled melancholy took possession of her. Her eyes lost their fire,
her lip its smile, and her voice the song. She would wander alone,
far away into the recesses of the forest, speaking to herself in
low tones, and weeping at the remembrance of happy days. Her health
declined rapidly until she became too weak to leave without assistance
the couch, where day after day reclined her fading form. One soft
summer morning she begged two of her mates to support her to the
rock, whence she beheld the exploit of Wampum-hair. She sank down, and
removing, with her wasted hand, the long hair that had fallen over
her eyes, gazed sadly on the foaming river. With a wistful look she
followed the course of the cataract from top to bottom, probably