The Song of HiawathaAmerica's most popular 19th century poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow devoted himself to providing his country with a national mythology, poetic tradition and epic forms. Known and loved by generations of schoolchidlren for its evocative storytelling, his 1855 classic is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature. |
Contents
Introduction3 | 4 |
All the tribes beheld the signal | 11 |
Hiawathas Friends | 68 |
Thus the birch canoe was builded | 81 |
Earthen cooking pot 91 Knife in sheath 92 Hammer | 94 |
Hiawathas Wooing | 108 |
Falls of Minnehaha after an old photograph 108 Bow | 117 |
Through the shadows and the sunshine | 125 |
I can blow you strong my brother | 174 |
PauPukKeewis | 179 |
Thorough bush and brake and forest | 193 |
Shield Sioux 206 War club | 206 |
The Ghosts | 214 |
XX The Famine | 225 |
Plains Indian grave 225 Coyote 225 Squaw 226 | 233 |
soldier 241 Old blunderbuss bow and arrow 241 | 244 |
Rawhide cradle Apache 131 Headdress Medecius | 131 |
Blessing the Cornfields | 149 |
Picture Writing | 160 |
On the birchbark and the deerskin | 166 |
War club 257 Ornament antique 257 Quijo | 262 |
Pottery 265 Traders hatchet Kioway 266 Elkhorn | 268 |
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