PAGE INTRODUCTION 99 CANTO I. THE PEACE-PIPE 105 II. THE FOUR WINDS 111 III. HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD 123 IV. HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS 133 V. HIAWATHA'S FASTING 144 VI. HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS 156 VII. HIAWATHA'S SAILING 163 VIII. HIAWATHA'S FISHING 168 IX. HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER 178 X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING 189 XI. HIAWATHA'S WEDDING FEAST 200 XII. THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR 210 XIII. BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS 225 XIV. PICTURE WRITING 234 XV. HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION 241 XVI. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS 250 XVII. THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS 260 XVIII. THE DEATH OF KWASIND 274 XIX. THE GHOSTS 279 XX. THE FAMINE 288 XXI. THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT 295 XXII. HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE 304 ILLUSTRATIONS "OF ALL BEASTS HE LEARNED THE LANGUAGE" _Cover_ "FROM THE FULL MOON FELL NOKOMIS" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE "DEAD HE LAY THERE IN THE SUNSET" 22 "PLEASANT WAS THE JOURNEY HOMEWARD" 42 "SEVEN LONG DAYS AND NIGHTS HE SAT THERE" 86 "GIVE ME OF YOUR ROOTS, O TAMARACK" 164 "TAKE MY BAIT, O KING OF FISHES" 170 HE BEGAN HIS MYSTIC DANCES 204 "HELD BY UNSEEN HANDS BUT SINKING" 222 "AND EACH FIGURE HAD A MEANING" 236 "HURLED THE PINE CONES DOWN UPON HIM" 278 "WESTWARD, WESTWARD HIAWATHA SAILED INTO THE FIERY SUNSET" 310 THE STORY OF HIAWATHA I THE PEACE-PIPE