"O my children! my poor children! Listen to the words of wisdom, Listen to the words of warning, From the lips of the Great Spirit, From the Master of Life, who made you!
When I read this passage it reminds me of the modern day bible and how God sent down Jesus in the Bible and he warned his people to listen to God and that he is trying to help them. This links the religious aspect of this passage and let's modern day people like me relate to it.
"In the vale of Tawasentha, In the green and silent valley, By the pleasant water-courses, Dwelt the singer Nawadaha. Round about the Indian village Spread the meadows and the corn-fields, And beyond them stood the forest, Stood the groves of singing pine-trees, Green in Summer, white in Winter, Ever sighing, ever singing.
In this stanza the writer is answering the question, "Who was Nawadaha?" The writer describes in the passage it is not a person but nature. It is the little things in nature that people overlook- "silent valley", "singing pine trees", etc. Native Americans worship nature as if it is a God. They see it as something or someone to respect and appreciate.