Excerpt from Manakating: A Story of Two Maidens and One ManFar away 'mong strangers going, To the wild land of the Hudson.Why, my daughters, will you go forth? Said Omeda, their fond mother; Leave your home, for what you know not, Leave your father 'mong the pine hills, Gone for wampum for the winter.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.