by Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon The Woman's National Indian AssociationA TalkWoman's Sphere from a Woman's Standpoint Mrs. Laura de Force Gordon was born in Erie County, Pa. Her parents were…
And an oily smoke that rolls through the trees/
into the night of the last American summer . . . —Major Jackson
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