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Viewing Mary Frances Severance, "Indian Legends of Minnesota" (1893).


Mary Frances Severance, "Indian Legends of Minnesota" (1893).

In 1893 Mary Frances Severance edited and published a volume of Indian legends in verse. It included well known poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow as well as "Death of Winona" by Hanford L. Gordon (1836-1920), a colorful trial lawyer practicing in St. Cloud and author of several books of poetry.

Mrs. Severance (1863-1925) was the wife of Cordenio Arnold Severance (1862-1925), a member of Davis, Kellogg & Severance, a prominent St. Paul law firm.

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