Hiawatha
the central figure of The Song of Hiawatha (1855), a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: named after a legendary Indian chief, fl. c1570.
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Longfellow, author of the poem “The Song of Hiawatha,” about an Indian hero, likely met Isaac Pharaoh there.
Hiawatha had just been published when she was at school in St. Louis, and it had been a great favorite of hers.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnIn “Hiawatha” the accented syllable comes first, and the unaccented follows it.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterIn the same way, one decides that “The Song of Hiawatha” is written in trochaic tetrameter.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThis beautiful allegory has been "done into verse" by Longfellow in Hiawatha.
Indian Legends of Minnesota | Various
Wabasso, as Hiawatha named him, had not attained to this length of years without encountering blackcats.
Wild Folk | Samuel Scoville
British Dictionary definitions for Hiawatha
/ (ˌhaɪəˈwɒθə) /
a 16th-century Onondaga Indian chief: credited with the organization of the Five Nations
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Cultural definitions for Hiawatha
[ (heye-uh-woth-uh) ]
An actual Native American chief of the sixteenth century. In legends, he is the husband of Minnehaha. He urged peace between his people and the European settlers.
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