












            THE SONG OF HIAWATHA



            Henry W. Longfellow



CONTENTS

Introductory Note
Introduction
I.       The Peace-Pipe
II.      The Four Winds
III.     Hiawatha's Childhood
IV.      Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis
V.       Hiawatha's Fasting
VI.      Hiawatha's Friends
VII.     Hiawatha's Sailing
VIII.    Hiawatha's Fishing
IX.      Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather
X.       Hiawatha's Wooing
XI.      Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast
XII.     The Son of the Evening Star
XIII.    Blessing the Corn-Fields
XIV.     Picture-Writing
XV.      Hiawatha's Lamentation
XVI.     Pau-Puk-Keewis
XVII.    The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis
XVIII.   The Death of Kwasind
XIX.     The Ghosts
XX.      The Famine
XXI.     The White Man's Foot
XXII.    Hiawatha's Departure
Vocabulary


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 w