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, 1890.

The History of the State of Montana, 1894. Songs of the Soul, 1896. True Bear Stories, 1900. Chants for the Boer, 1900. As It Was in the Beginning, 1903. Light, 1907. A Royal Highway of the World, Portland, 1932. An earlier chapter of this book contains several pages from Unwritten History: Life Amongst the Modocs. Here will be added a few brief selections from his poetry and an eloquent prose paragraph that is not widely known. The Ocean From "Joaquin" in Joaquin, Et AL, 1869 Behold the ocean on the beach Kneel lowly down as if in prayer, I hear a moan as of dispair, While far at sea do toss and reach Some things so like white pleading hands. The ocean's thin and hoary hair Is trail'd along the silver'd sands, At every sigh and sounding moan. The very birds shriek in distress And sound the ocean's monotone. Tis not a place for mirthfulness, But meditation deep, and prayer, And kneelings on the salted sod, Where man must own his littleness, And know the mightiness of God. The Columbia River From "Byron" in Songs of the Sierras, 187 1 And proud Columbia frets his shore Of sombre, boundless wood and wold, And lifts his yellow sands of gold In plaintive murmurs evermore.