Produced by Emmy, Tor Martin Kristiansen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) 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 11 IV. HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS 15 V. HIAWATHA'S FASTING 19 VI. HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS 23 VII. HIAWATHA'S SAILING 27 VIII. HIAWATHA'S FISHING 30 IX. HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER 34 X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING 38 XI. HIAWATHA'S WEDDING FEAST 43 XII. THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR 47 XIII. BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS 53 XIV. PICTURE WRITING 57 XV. HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION 60 XVI. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS 65 XVII. THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS 70 XVIII. THE DEATH OF KWASIND 76 XIX. THE GHOSTS 80 XX. THE FAMINE 84 XXI. THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT 88 XXII. HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE 92 CONTENTS THE SONG OF HIAWATHA