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The Song of Hiawatha

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A sequence of Ojibway‑inspired legends rendered as a long, songlike poem traces a culture‑hero’s life from wondrous birth and childhood through spiritual trials, fasting, quests, courtship, marriage, and public rites. The narrative weaves encounters with spirits and tricksters, hunting and fishing adventures, ritual blessings, and communal crises such as famine, all evoked through vivid natural imagery and ceremonial detail. Interlaced songs and teachings emphasize moral lessons and the bond between people and the land, and the poem closes with a reflective awareness of cultural change and the hero’s final departure.

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Title: The Song of Hiawatha

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Editor: Woodrow W. Morris

Release date: June 1, 2004 [eBook #19]
Most recently updated: October 14, 2025

Language: English

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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