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THE STORY OF HIAWATHA

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"FROM THE FULL MOON FELL NOKOMIS"—Page 123

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THE STORY OF HIAWATHA

ADAPTED FROM
:LONGFELLOW:
BY
WINSTON STOKES

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PREFACE

In this land of change it is important that we maylearn a little of the childlike people who preceded us; whohunted, fished and worshipped long ago where we nowmake our homes and lead our lives. No other legends haveso strange a charm, or such appealing local interest, as legendsof the wildwood, and nowhere are these so well expressedas in Longfellow's poem of Hiawatha.

To furnish a simple medium through which both youngerand 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 narrativeof the poem, and in many places Longfellow's ownwords have been introduced into its pages, for the purposeof this volume is to awaken interest and pleasure in thepoem itself.

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CONTENTS

THE STORY OF HIAWATHA