Point Iroquois
Peter White
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Way back in a time when a manitou's sign Was the word that showed the way Just west of the Sault, 1662 The Saulteaux Ojibway Fell on their enemy with such ferocity That their foes they never foresaw That the place of their bones would forever be known By the name point Iroquois Way back in those days the Ojibways Lived in fear of the Iroquois tribe They always came around for the chance to hunt down Whoever forgot to hide A woman and a man of the Garden River Band Took their kids down to the shore When like an eagle's claw those Iroquois Swooped down with cry of war Long ago, in the homeland of the crane Whoa, whoa, whoa, Point Iroquois got its name Some Ojibway scouts went looking about For the ones who'd disappeared At Sault Ste. Marie on a hill they could see The very sight all had feared The scouts returned and a war party soon Gave chase the very next dawn When they reached the Sault they paddled on through For the Iroquois had moved on They found them again up at Point aux Pins As they entered Superior The Ojibways saw as the Iroquois Went further up the south shore The Garden River band had a medicine man Who showed them the manitou's sign At dawn's first crack they would attack And revenge the terrible crime Long ago, in the homeland of the crane Whoa, whoa, whoa, Point Iroquois got its name The next morning came with a shower of rain When they pulled down the enemies' tents With clubs and guns the work was done All at the Iroquois' expense When the sun had set there were just two left Who were sent to their kin back home To tell them that they better never come back To the place of the Iroquois bones Well the years slipped by as the eagle eye Of the Ojibway looked all round But day or night there was no sight Of an Iroquois to be found They were safe outdoors from the cry of war They were safe inside their homes And everyone knew that just north of the Sault Was the place of the Iroquois bones Long ago, in the homeland of the crane Whoa, whoa, whoa, Point Iroquois got its name
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