The song of Hiawatha / Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; with illustrations from designs by Frederic Remington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Nonpareil book

A nonpareil book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hiawatha, active 15th century--Poetry.

Hiawatha.

Hiawatha, active 15th century.

Iroquois Indians--Kings and rulers--Poetry.

Iroquois Indians.

Iroquois Indians--Kings and rulers.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xx, 282 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : David R. Godine, 2004.

Summary:

Presents the full unabridged text, includes the original Remington illustrations as well as a glossary of Indian names and their meanings.

Contents:

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from a portrait by Samuel Lawrence in 1854 ii

Indian dog v

Indian flute, Cheyenne xiii

Deer xiii

Shuh-shuh-gah, blue heron 3

Fox 4

Grouse 4

Warrior 5

Headdress, Pawnee 5

Deer 6

Baby basket 6

War club 7

Blackfoot moccasin, green 7

I The Peace-Pipe 9

All the tribes beheld the signal, Saw the distant smoke ascending 8

Landscape, Rocky Mountains 9

Calumet and fire-bag 10

Fire stick 10

Warrior 11

Hatchet and fire-bag, Sioux 12

Hand 12

Shell hatchet, antique 13

Fire-bag 13

Headdress 14

Blackfoot war shirt 14

Squaw 15

Calumet 15

II The Four Winds 16

Like a ghost that goes at sunrise He beheld a maiden walking 21

River-bank 16

Decorated buffalo skin 17

Bear 17

Bear 18

Tomahawk 19

Legging and moccasin 20

Warrior 20

Snow-shoe 22

Blackfoot legging 23

Bow and arrows 24

Shield and lance 25

Pipe 26

Woman's belt 27

War shirt 27

Squaw 28

III Hiawatha's Childhood 30

Then, upon one knee uprising, Hiawatha aimed an arrow 38

Indian camp 30

Coup-stick stone shrunken on rawhide 30

Boy, ideal sketch 31

Snake Indian papoose basket, buffalo hide 32

Pottery, antique 33

War club and arrows 33

Squaw 34

Papago jug 34

Shield 35

Bow and arrow, war and hunting 36

Boy 36

Spear and tomahawk 37

Shield and spear 39

Headdress 39

Owl 40

IV Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis 41

Glared like Ishkoodah, the comet, Like the star with fiery tresses 44

Caribou 41

Bow, arrows, and tomahawk 42

Mittens 42

Comanche legging 43

Moccasin, antique 45

Lance and shield 45

Prehistoric Indian axe, walrus tusk, and flint arrow-head 46

Axe, N. W. tribes 47

Squaw 48

Axe 49

Knife sheath, Blackfoot 49

Flamingo 50

Warrior 51

Knapsack 52

Axe and quiver, Huron or Mohawk 52

Wicker olla, Apache 53

Ute shirt 53

"Shank" moccasin, Mohawk 54

V Hiawatha's Fasting 55

And he saw a youth approaching, Dressed in garments green and yellow 58

In the forest 55

Tomahawk 56

Bead ornament 56

Wild pigeon 57

Indian boy 59

Pottery 60

Prehistoric hoe and knife 61

Raven 62

Maple leaf 62

Elm leaf 63

Fire-bag 63

Bead ornament 64

Knife, sheath, and arrows 64

Tomahawks 65

Indian brave 66

Antique mortar and pestle 67

VI Hiawatha's Friends 68

Pitched it sheer into the river ... Where it still is seen in Summer 75

Landscape 68

Squaw 69

Woman's shirt 70

Stone hatchet, antique 70

Broken lance 71

Fish-hook, stone axe, antique 72

Spear 73

A Blackfoot brave 74

Hand 74

Buffalo, from photograph taken from life 76

VII Hiawatha's Sailing 77

Thus the birch canoe was builded ... In the bosom of the forest 82

Birch canoe 77

Elm leaf 77

Scalping knife and sheath 78

Moqui club 78

Birch-bark vessel 79

Warrior 79

Awl bag, Apache 80

Common Apache buckskin shirt, green and yellow 81

Iroquois bark vessel 81

Necklace 83

Porcupine 83

VIII Hiawatha's Fishing 84

Long sat waiting for an answer 87

Landscape 84

Spear 85

Fish-hooks, common to northwest coast 85

Pack basket 86

Squirrel 88

Warrior 89

Legging 90

Rawhide and stone club 91

Earthen cooking pot 91

Knife in sheath 92

Hammer, antique 92

Mexican Indian olla, Yaqui 93

Canoe 94

IX Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather 95

Then began the greatest battle That the sun had ever looked on 103

Wood scene 95

War bonnet, Sioux 96

Warrior, painted 97

War clubs, antique 98

Modoc bow and arrow 98

Headdress, medicine 99

War club 100

Buffalo bow 101

Blackfoot war shirt 101

Shield, quiver, and weapons 102

Shield 104

Woodpecker 105

Squaw 105

Eagle 106

Dressed scalp and earring 106

Pipe and pouch 107

Hatchet, trader's 107

X Hiawatha's Wooing 108

"I will follow you, my husband!" 116

Falls of Minnehaha, after an old photograph 108

Bow and quiver, Blackfoot 109

Winter legging, buffalo 110

Lipari, Apache 111

Bone tool for arrow-making 111

Bone tool for arrow-making 112

Quiver, Yuma Apache 112

Arrow, knife, and scalp 113

Warrior 114

Pottery 114

Gourd for drinking 115

Apache headdress 115

Warrior 117

Deer 118

Headdress 119

Camp kettle 120

XI Hiawatha's Wedding Feast 121

Through the shadows and the sunshine, Treading softly like a panther 126

Landscape 121

Necklace 121

Buffalo horn spoon 122

Pipe head 122

Wooden bowl, antique 123

shirt 123

Pipe 124

Snow-shoe 125

Bracelet, Wolpi 127

Fan of feathers, belonging to Crowfoot, head chief of Blackfeet 127

Brave 128

Lacrosse stick 129

Panther 129

Warrior 130

Rawhide cradle, Apache 131

Headdress, Medecius 131

XII The Son of the Evening Star 132

And her lovers, the rejected, ... Handsome men with paint and feathers 135

Lake view 132

Pipe, tomahawk, and fire-bag 133

Warrior 134

Decoration on fur robe 134

Ute earring 136

Arm and hand 136

Squaw 137

Landscape 138

Shell spoon 139

Earthen vessel 139

Tomahawk 140

Spoon, antique 140

Bear-claw necklace 141

Necklace 141

Quiver, Sioux 142

Chippeway cradle 143

Bow case, Sioux 144

Spear, knife, and arrows 144

Cheyenne moccasin 145

Headdress 146

Warrior 147

Medicine tom-tom 147

Ute moccasin 148

XIII Blessing the Cornfields 149

'T was the women who in Autumn Stripped the yellow Husks of harvest 151

Tepee or lodge 149

Deer 150

Brave 150

Moccasin 152

Wooden comb 152

Pottery 152

Hoe 153

Stone mortar and pestle for grain 153

Nootka Sound knife, flint 154

Mohawk warrior 154

War club 155

Stone head coupstick 156

Brave 157

Indian corn 157

Earring 158

Stone and bear-claw necklace 158

Bracelet 158

Earring 159

Stone "metat" for grinding corn 159

XIV Picture Writing 160

Such as these the shapes they painted On the birch-bark and the deer-skin 166

Forest scene 160

"Webajabe," used in dressing hides 160

Shirt, Blackfoot 161

Brave 161

Totem 162

Hand 162

Fire-bag, Blackfoot or Shoshone 163

Indian sign drawing 164

Indian drawing of a turtle 164

Indian drawing 164

Indian drawing 165

Dressing buffalo robe 165

Old-time knife 167

"Weubaja" or hide dresser, common on buffalo range 167

Indian sign drawing, Sioux 168

A Plains Indian grave, tree burial 168

XV Hiawatha's Lamentation 169

"I can blow you strong, my brother, I can heal you, Hiawatha!" 175

Pine trees 169

Warrior 170

Legging and moccasin 170

Wolf 171

Snow-shoe 172

Brave, Apache 173

Blackfoot medicine bonnet 173

Gourd rattle 174

Tom-tom 174

Medicine or ceremonial rattle, a gourd, Comanche 176

Medicine or totem bag 177

Deer's antlers 177

Trader's hatchet 178

Brave 178

XVI Pau-Puk-Keewis 179

All the old men and the young men,...

Played till midnight, played till morning 184

Indian camp 179

Medicine man's wand 180

War club 181

Mohawk shell beads 181

Scalping-knife and sheath 182

Pottery, antique 182

Warrior 183

Fire-bag of Crowfoot, head chief of Blackfeet 185

Pipes 186

Antique vase, Tennessee 186

Warrior 187

Pottery 187

Ute fan 188

Winter coat 188

War club 189

Pottery 189

Gull 190

XVII The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis 191

Thorough bush, and brake, and forest, Ran the cunning Pau-Puk-Keewis 194

Birch-trees 191

Tomahawk and knife 192

Moccasin, Pawnee 192

Legging 193

Brave 195

Beaver 195

Squaw legging, Cheyenne 196

Moccasin 196

Headdress, Sioux 197

War club, Winnebago 198

Stone hammer antique, restored 198

Wolf's head mask 199

Shirt 199

Blackfoot war club 200

Wild goose, "Wawa" 201

Shield, Apache, "medicine" or religious 201

Kioway moccasin 202

Warrior 203

Headdress 204

War club 205

Shield, Sioux 206

War club 206

XVIII The Death of Kwasind 207

Sideways fell into the river, Plunged beneath the sluggish water 212

Moose head 207

Blackfoot head, idealized 208

Axe, antique 209

Headdress, moccasin, and apron 209

Knife in sheath 210

A dressed scalp 210

Brave 211

Sioux tomahawk 211

Fallen trees 213

XIX The Ghosts 214

Sat down in the farthest corner Crouching low among the shadows 217

In the spruce forest 214

Apache moccasin 215

Rawhide, double ball, used in game like "hockey," 215

An old Apache woman 216

Knife sheath 218

Pottery 219

Parfleche or buffalo meat bag, rawhide 219

Deer's horn 220

Wampum 220

Tree graves 221

Wampum 221

Old brave 222

Pottery 223

White Mountain Apache shirt, buckskin 224

XX The Famine 225

There he sat down, still and speechless, ... At the feet of Laughing Water 231

Plains Indian grave 225

Coyote 225

Squaw 226

Pottery 226

Quiver and bow 227

Warrior 228

Tomahawk 229

Legging and moccasin 229

Bowstring guard for wrist 230

Sioux squaw's mantle, white bead work 230

Comanche moccasin 232

Indian chair or lounge 232

Wooden dish, very old form 233

XXI The White Man's Foot 234

"Sit here by the dying embers, Let us pass the night together." 236

Pipe head 234

Paddle 234

Omaha calumet 235

Image 237

Headdress, horsehair 237

Sword and club 238

Shield 238

Bow case and quiver 239

Cheyenne moccasin 240

Papago olla 240

Helmeted soldier 241

Old blunderbuss, bow, and arrow 241

Gun case, Blackfoot, buffalo hide and beads 242

Colonial head 243

Trader's head 244

XXII Hiawatha's Departure 245

Came the Black-Robe chief, ... the Pale-face With his guides and his companions 248

River-view 245

Pipe, arrow, and lance 246

Pottery 247

Shield 247

Headdress 249

Willow basket 249

Priest's head 250

Shirt 250

Priest 251

Birch-bark vessel 252

Pottery 252

Medicine spear 253

Pottery 253

Ideal head 254

Medicine wand 255

Wild ducks 256

War club 257

Ornament, antique 257

Quijo, or carrying basket, Papago 258

Hunter's cabin, Witch Bay, Cranberry Lake 259

Mask, ceremonial, Papago, wood and horsehair 260

Riding-whip or quirt 261

Packing bag, decorated for a horse, Blackfoot 261

Whip 262

Pack 262

Baby basket 263

A Blackfoot squaw saddle 263

Pottery 264

Fiddle, Apache 264

Pottery 265

Trader's hatchet, Kioway 266

Elk-horn riding-whip 267

Tom-tom 267

Buffalo skull 268

Pottery 268

Grooved stone axe 269

Cheyenne elk-horn saddle 269

Gourd drinking-cup 270

Water jug, Zuni, uneven in shape 270

Cheyenne baby basket 271

Ideal head 272

Calumet or peace-pipe 272

Chippeway baby basket 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1567922589

9781567922585

1567922732

9781567922738

OCLC:

54529700