The Hiawatha Primer

Adjidaumo afraid alder-bushes antlers Bear will hear beat beautiful beavers Big-Sea-Water birds sang blossom bow and arrows brakes and bushes bright canoe comet dancing dark forest Death-Dance earth eyes famous roebuck fiery tresses fire-fly firs flecks and shadows flitting flowers Gitche Gumee gloomy grandmother heavens Hiawatha heard Hiawatha loved Hiawatha saw HIAWATHA'S HUNTING Hush Indian boy Indian warriors Ishkoodah Kabibonokka killed Kwasind laughing little boy little Hiawatha little hunter little owlet Minne-wawa Mondamin moss Mudjekeewis Mudway-aushka Naked Bear nests night Nokomis answered Nokomis called Nokomis lived Nokomis showed Hiawatha Nokomis taught Nokomis told Northern Lights oak-tree old Nokomis owl and owlet pathway pine-trees plumes and war-clubs rabbit rainbow red deer reindeer rippling Shawondasee Shingebis shoot shores of Gitche singing sleep song sounds of music squirrel stars shine bright stories summer talked timid trees twinkle Wabasso Wabun Wah-wah-taysee wigwam of Nokomis wild-flowers winter yellow water-lily