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The Song of Hiawatha



Henry W. Longfellow




CONTENTS

Introductory Note 1
Introduction 2
I The Peace-Pipe 5
II The Four Winds 9
III Hiawatha's Childhood 15
IV Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis 20
V Hiawatha's Fasting 26
VI Hiawatha's Friends 32
VII Hiawatha's Sailing 36
VIII Hiawatha's Fishing 39
IX Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather 44
X Hiawatha's Wooing 50
XI Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast 55
XII The Son of the Evening Star 60
XIII Blessing the Corn-Fields 67
XIV Picture-Writing 71
XV Hiawatha's Lamentation 76
XVI Pau-Puk-Keewis 81
XVII The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis 86
XVIII The Death of Kwasind 93
XIX The Ghosts 96
XX The Famine 101
XXI The White Man's Foot 105
XXII Hiawatha's Departure 110
Vocabulary 115


Introductory Note

The Song of Hiawatha is based on the legends and stories of
many North American Indian tribes, but especially those of the
Ojibway Indians of northern Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.
They were collected by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the reknowned
historian, pioneer explorer, and geologist. He was