[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 194 CANTO XVIII The Death of Kwasind 210 CANTO XIX The Ghosts 216 CANTO XX The Famine 227 CANTO XXI The White Man's Foot 235 CANTO XXII Hiawatha's Departure 245 INTRODUCTORY NOTE.