Listen to their words of wisdom, For the Master of Life has sent them Shoved it forth into the water; Whispered to it, "Westward! westward!" Sailed into the fiery sunset, And the people from the margin Like the new moon slowly, slowly And they said, "Farewell forever!" Said, "Farewell, O Hiawatha!" And the forests, dark and lonely, Moved through all their depths of darkness, And the waves upon the margin Hiawatha the Beloved, In the glory of the sunset, VOCABULARY Adjidau'mo, the red squirrel. | Hiawatha, the Wise Man, the Baim-wa'wa, the sound of the Inin'ewug, men, or pawns in thunder. Bemah'gut, the grape-vine. Be'na, the pheasant. rior. the Game of the Bowl. Ishkoodah', fire; a comet. Jee'bi, a ghost, a spirit. Big-Sea-Water, Lake Supe- Joss'akeed, a prophet. Kabibonok'ka, the North Wind. Kagh, the hedgehog. Ka'go, do not. Kahgahgee', the raven. Kaw, no. Kaween', no indeed. Kayoshk', the sea-gull. Kee'go, a fish. Keeway'din, the Northwest wind, the Home-wind. Kena'beek, a serpent. Keneu', the great war-eagle. Keno'zha, the pickerel. Ko'ko-ko'ho, the owl. Kuntasoo', the Game of Plum stones. Kwa'sind, the Strong Man. Dush-kwo-Moon of Snow-shoes, Novem ber. Mudjekee'wis, the West-Wind; its. Noko'mis, a grandmother; mother of Wenonah. Onaway', awake. Ope'chee, the robin. Osselo, Son of the Evening Star. Mishe-Nah'ma, the Great Stur- Oweenee', wife of Osseo. geon. Ozawa'beek, a round piece of Pau-Puk-Kee'wis, the hand- 'auwa'ting, Saut Sainte Marie. | Ugh, yes. Shawgashee', the craw-fish. Shawonda'see, the Wind. Shaw-shaw, the swallow. Ugudwash', the sun-fish. Unktahee', the God of Water. Wabas'so, the rabbit; the North. Wabe'no, a magician, a juggler. Wabe'no-wusk, yarrow. Wa'bun, the East-Wind. Wa'bun An'nung, the Star of the East, the Morning Star. Wahono'win, a cry of lamen tation. Wah-wah-tay'see, the fire-fly. Wam'pum, beads of shell. Waubewy'on, a white skin wrapper. Wa'wa, the wild-goose. South-Waw'beek, a rock. Waw-be-wa'wa, the white goose. Shesh'ebwug, ducks; pieces in Wawonais'sa, the whippoor the Game of the Bowl. Shin'gebis, the diver, or grebe. Showain' neme'shin, pity me. Shuh-shuh'gah, the blue heron. Soan-ge-ta'ha, strong-hearted. Subbeka'she, the spider. Suggeꞌma, the mosquito. To'tem, family coat-of-arms. will. Way-muk-kwa'na, the caterpillar. Wen'digoes, giants. Weno'nah, Hiawatha's mother, daughter of Nokomis. Yenadiz'ze, an idler and gambler; an Indian dandy. |