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    The Bridal of Pennacook Part 2 From Volume I of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier
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    The Bridal of Pennacook Part 2 From Volume I of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier

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      The Bridal of Pennacook Part 2 From Volume I of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier - John Greenleaf Whittier

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      Title: Narrative and Legendary Poems: The Bridal of Pennacook From Volume I., The Works of Whittier

      Author: John Greenleaf Whittier

      Release Date: Dec, 2005 [EBook #9561] [Yes, we are more than one year ahead of schedule] [This file was first posted on October 2, 2003]

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      NARRATIVE AND LEGENDARY

      POEMS

      BY JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

      THE BRIDAL OF PENNACOOK I. THE MERRIMAC II. THE BASHABA III. THE DAUGHTER IV. THE WEDDING V. THE NEW HOME VI. AT PENNACOOK VII. THE DEPARTURE VIII. SONG OF INDIAN WOMEN

      THE BRIDAL OF PENNACOOK.

      Winnepurkit, otherwise called George, Sachem of Saugus, married a daughter of Passaconaway, the great Pennacook chieftain, in 1662. The wedding took place at Pennacook (now Concord, N. H.), and the ceremonies closed with a great feast. According to the usages of the chiefs, Passaconaway ordered a select number of his men to accompany the newly-married couple to the dwelling of the husband, where in turn there was another great feast. Some time after, the wife of Winnepurkit expressing a desire to visit her father's house was permitted to go, accompanied by a brave escort of her husband's chief men. But when she wished to return, her father sent a

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