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Title: The Song of Hiawatha
An Epic Poem

Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Release Date: December 29, 2009 [EBook #30795]

Language: English

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[Illustration:

Vainly walked he through the forest,
Sought for bird or beast and found none.]

The Song of Hiawatha

An Epic Poem

By

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

M.A. DONOHUE & CO.

CHICAGO

Song of Hiawatha

by

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

MINNEHAHA EDITION

COPYRIGHT 1898

Contents

PAGE

Introduction 7

CANTO I
The Peace-Pipe 13

CANTO II
The Four Winds 21

CANTO III
Hiawatha's Childhood 35

CANTO IV
Hiawatha and Mudge-Keewis 45

CANTO V
Hiawatha's Fasting 59

CANTO VI
Hiawatha's Friends 72

CANTO VII
Hiawatha's Sailing 80

CANTO VIII
Hiawatha's Fishing 87

CANTO IX
Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather 98

CANTO X
Hiawatha's Wooing 111

CANTO XI
Hiawatha's Wedding Feast 124

CANTO XII
The Son of the Evening Star 137

CANTO XIII
Blessing the Cornfields 153

CANTO XIV
Picture-Writing 164

CANTO XV
Hiawatha's Lamentation 172

CANTO XVI
Pau-puk-Keewis 182

CANTO XVII
The Hunting of Pau-puk-Keewis