Voices of Our Ancestors
Voices of Our Ancestors
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Listen
In evening
Listen
When wind is low
Listen
When river is quiet
Listen
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Hear
Movement on trails
Padding feet
Building, Fishing, Planting, Tilling
Voice
Trading, Calling, Singing, Talking
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Passing feet of hurried messenger
Sent from Cherokee Nation
To Five Nations Council
Hear beaching canoes
Wind sighing
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Hear
Rumble of wheels
Chopping of trees and brush
Heavy powerful plodding
Oxen hooves
In dust and mud
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Hear
Plough parts soil
Corn rolling flowing falling pouring
In sacks
Planted, growing, cut, harvested
Hear
Hammer on nails
Hear
Horses at mill
Mules, turning, twisting, straining
Great millstone grinding, grinding, grounding
Corn
To fine powder
Shipped away
Moved away
On to Detroit, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Richmond, Raleigh, New York
Hear
Steel wheels on rails
Running
North, South
East, West
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Hear
Voices
New arrivals
Two Trails now Two Rails
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Hear
Electricity in wires
Racing
Machines bracing, squealing, pounding
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Hear
Sound
Building, Rebuilding, Invention
Adventure
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Hear
On light wind
Sound
Of voices
Of
Our Ancestors