Book Cover / The Song of Hiawatha / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Entry/Object ID
Q2025.6.27
Description
The Song of Hiawatha follows the life and heroic adventures of Hiawatha, an Ojibwe warrior and prophet. The poem traces his journey from his miraculous birth to his grandmother Nokomis, through his legendary feats—such as inventing written language and discovering corn—to his tragic love for Minnehaha. It concludes with Hiawatha's vision of the arrival of white settlers and his eventual departure to the "Land of the Hereafter
