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Title: The Story of Hiawatha
Adapted from Longfellow

Author: Winston Stokes
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Illustrator: M. L. Kirk

Release Date: April 9, 2010 [EBook #31926]

Language: English

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THE STORY OF HIAWATHA

[Illustration: "FROM THE FULL MOON FELL NOKOMIS"--_Page 123_]

THE STORY OF HIAWATHA

ADAPTED FROM LONGFELLOW

_BY_ WINSTON STOKES

WITH THE ORIGINAL POEM

[Illustration]

_Illustrated by_ M . L . KIRK

NEW YORK
FREDERICK . A . STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1910, By
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

_September, 1910_

PREFACE

In this land of change it is important that we may learn a little of the
childlike people who preceded us; who hunted, fished and worshipped long
ago where we now make our homes and lead our lives. No other legends
have so strange a charm, or such appealing local interest, as legends of
the wildwood, and nowhere are these so well expressed as in Longfellow's
poem of Hiawatha.

To furnish a simple medium through which both younger and older people
of today may be brought closer, by Longfellow, to the mystery of the
forest, this prose rendering of "Hiawatha" has been written. It follows
closely the narrative of the poem, and in many places Longfellow's own
words have been introduced into its pages, for the purpose of this
volume is to awaken interest and pleasure in the poem itself.

CONTENTS

THE STORY OF HIAWATHA

PAGE
PREFACE vii
CHAPTER
I. THE PEACE-PIPE 1
II. THE FOUR WINDS 3
III. HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD