Three California Writers:

Where Sleep The Wintoon Dead
by Alfred C. Gillis

Edited by: Cindy Beck

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WHERE SLEEP THE WINTOON DEAD

Here by these Indian rivers,*
Far from the white man’s tread,
Kind hands have secretly laid them,
And they sleep the sleep of the dead.

Here the winding trails go by,
The ancient Indian mound,
Where a thousand Wintoon warriors lie
Wrapped in sleep profound.

Here Nature grows her wild bouquets,
And mountain lilies love to bloom,
And soft winds whisper through the pines,
In dirges o’er their mountain tomb.

*Original note – The Sacramento and McCloud Rivers

1.  The early Wintun Indians occupied a large area that included most of the Sacramento Valley west of the Sacramento River.  The Wintun Indians were the largest tribe in terms of population and territory in northern California.

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