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On the shores of Gitche Gumee	A
Of the shining Big Sea Water	B
Stood Nokomis the old woman	C
Pointing with her finger westward	D
O'er the water pointing westward	D
To the purple clouds of sunset	E
Fiercely the red sun descending	F
Burned his way along the heavens	G
Set the sky on fire behind him	A
As war parties when retreating	F
Burn the prairies on their war trail	H
And the moon the Night sun eastward	D
Suddenly starting from his ambush	I
Followed fast those bloody footprints	J
Followed in that fiery war trail	H
With its glare upon his features	K
And Nokomis the old woman	C
Pointing with her finger westward	D
Spake these words to Hiawatha	L
Yonder dwells the great Pearl Feather	B
Megissogwon the Magician	C
Manito of Wealth and Wampum	A
Guarded by his fiery serpents	M
Guarded by the black pitch water	B
You can see his fiery serpents	M
The Kenabeek the great serpents	M
Coiling playing in the water	B
You can see the black pitch water	B
Stretching far away beyond them	A
To the purple clouds of sunset	E
He it was who slew my father	B
By his wicked wiles and cunning	F
When he from the moon descended	N
When he came on earth to seek me	A
He the mightiest of Magicians	G
Sends the fever from the marshes	O
Sends the pestilential vapors	K
Sends the poisonous exhalations	K
Sends the white fog from the fen lands	K
Sends disease and death among us	K
Take your bow O Hiawatha	L
Take your arrows jasper headed	N
Take your war club Puggawaugun	C
And your mittens Minjekahwun	C
And your birch canoe for sailing	F
And the oil of Mishe Nahma	A
So to smear its sides that swiftly	A
You may pass the black pitch water	B
Slay this merciless magician	C
Save the people from the fever	B
That he breathes across the fen lands	K
And avenge my father's murder	B
Straightway then my Hiawatha	L
Armed himself with all his war gear	P
Launched his birch canoe for sailing	F
With his palm its sides he patted	N
Said with glee Cheemaun my darling	F
O my Birch canoe leap forward	D
Where you see the fiery serpents	K
Where you see the black pitch water	B
Forward leaped Cheemaun exulting	F
And the noble Hiawatha	L
Sang his war song wild and woful	A
And above him the war eagle	A
The Keneu the great war eagle	A
Master of all fowls with feathers	K
Screamed and hurtled through the heavens	K
Soon he reached the fiery serpents	K
The Kenabeek the great serpents	K
Lying huge upon the water	B
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Sparkling rippling in the water	B
Lying coiled across the passage	Q
With their blazing crests uplifted	R
Breathing fiery fogs and vapors	K
So that none could pass beyond them	A
But the fearless Hiawatha	L
Cried aloud and spake in this wise	K
Let me pass my way Kenabeek	F
Let me go upon my journey	A
And they answered hissing fiercely	A
With their fiery breath made answer	B
Back go back O Shaugodaya	S
Back to old Nokomis Faint heart	T
Then the angry Hiawatha	L
Raised his mighty bow of ash tree	A
Seized his arrows jasper headed	N
Shot them fast among the serpents	K
Every twanging of the bow string	F
Was a war cry and a death cry	U
Every whizzing of an arrow	V
Was a death song of Kenabeek	F
Weltering in the bloody water	B
Dead lay all the fiery serpents	K
And among them Hiawatha	L
Harmless sailed and cried exulting	F
Onward O Cheemaun my darling	F
Onward to the black pitch water	B
Then he took the oil of Nahma	A
And the bows and sides anointed	N
Smeared them well with oil that swiftly	A
He might pass the black pitch water	B
All night long he sailed upon it	W
Sailed upon that sluggish water	B
Covered with its mould of ages	K
Black with rotting water rushes	K
Rank with flags and leaves of lilies	K
Stagnant lifeless dreary dismal	A
Lighted by the shimmering moonlight	X
And by will o' the wisps illumined	Y
Fires by ghosts of dead men kindled	Z
In their weary night encampments	K
All the air was white with moonlight	X
All the water black with shadow	V
And around him the Suggema	A
The mosquito sang his war song	F
And the fire flies Wah wah taysee	K
Waved their torches to mislead him	A
And the bull frog the Dahinda	V
Thrust his head into the moonlight	V
Fixed his yellow eyes upon him	A
Sobbed and sank beneath the surface	K
And anon a thousand whistles	K
Answered over all the fen lands	K
And the heron the Shuh shuh gah	F
Far off on the reedy margin	C
Heralded the hero's coming	F
Westward thus fared Hiawatha	L
Toward the realm of Megissogwon	C
Toward the land of the Pearl Feather	B
Till the level moon stared at him	A
In his face stared pale and haggard	V
Till the sun was hot behind him	A
Till it burned upon his shoulders	K
And before him on the upland	V
He could see the Shining Wigwam	A
Of the Manito of Wampum	A
Of the mightiest of Magicians	K
Then once more Cheemaun he patted	V
To his birch canoe said Onward	V
And it stirred in all its fibres	K
And with one great bound of triumph	A2
Leaped across the water lilies	K
Leaped through tangled flags and rushes	K
And upon the beach beyond them	A
Dry shod landed Hiawatha	L
Straight he took his bow of ash tree	A
On the sand one end he rested	V
With his knee he pressed the middle	A
Stretched the faithful bow string tighter	B
Took an arrow jasper headed	V
Shot it at the Shining Wigwam	A
Sent it singing as a herald	V
As a bearer of his message	Q
Of his challenge loud and lofty	A
Come forth from your lodge Pearl Feather	B
Hiawatha waits your coming	F
Straightway from the Shining Wigwam	A
Came the mighty Megissogwon	C
Tall of stature broad of shoulder	B
Dark and terrible in aspect	V
Clad from head to foot in wampum	A
Armed with all his warlike weapons	K
Painted like the sky of morning	F
Streaked with crimson blue and yellow	V
Crested with great eagle feathers	K
Streaming upward streaming outward	V
Well I know you Hiawatha	L
Cried he in a voice of thunder	B
In a tone of loud derision	C
Hasten back O Shaugodaya	S
Hasten back among the women	C
Back to old Nokomis Faint heart	V
I will slay you as you stand there	B2
As of old I slew her father	B
But my Hiawatha answered	V
Nothing daunted fearing nothing	F
Big words do not smite like war clubs	K
Boastful breath is not a bow string	F
Taunts are not so sharp as arrows	K
Deeds are better things than words are	C2
Actions mightier than boastings	K
Then began the greatest battle	A
That the sun had ever looked on	C
That the war birds ever witnessed	V
All a Summer's day it lasted	V
From the sunrise to the sunset	V
For the shafts of Hiawatha	L
Harmless hit the shirt of wampum	A
Harmless fell the blows he dealt it	V
With his mittens Minjekahwun	C
Harmless fell the heavy war club	D2
It could dash the rocks asunder	B
But it could not break the meshes	K
Of that magic shirt of wampum	A
Till at sunset Hiawatha	L
Leaning on his bow of ash tree	A
Wounded weary and desponding	F
With his mighty war club broken	C
With his mittens torn and tattered	V
And three useless arrows only	A
Paused to rest beneath a pine tree	A
From whose branches trailed the mosses	K
And whose trunk was coated over	B
With the Dead man's Moccasin leather	B
With the fungus white and yellow	V
Suddenly from the boughs above him	A
Sang the Mama the woodpecker	B
Aim your arrows Hiawatha	L
At the head of Megissogwon	C
Strike the tuft of hair upon it	V
At their roots the long black tresses	K
There alone can he be wounded	V
Winged with feathers tipped with jasper	B
Swift flew Hiawatha's arrow	V
Just as Megissogwon stooping	F
Raised a heavy stone to throw it	V
Full upon the crown it struck him	A
At the roots of his long tresses	K
And he reeled and staggered forward	V
Plunging like a wounded bison	C
Yes like Pezhekee the bison	C
When the snow is on the prairie	A
Swifter flew the second arrow	V
In the pathway of the other	B
Piercing deeper than the other	B
Wounding sorer than the other	B
And the knees of Megissogwon	C
Shook like windy reeds beneath him	A
Bent and trembled like the rushes	K
But the third and latest arrow	V
Swiftest flew and wounded sorest	V
And the mighty Megissogwon	C
Saw the fiery eyes of Pauguk	F
Saw the eyes of Death glare at him	A
Heard his voice call in the darkness	K
At the feet of Hiawatha	L
Lifeless lay the great Pearl Feather	B
Lay the mightiest of Magicians	K
Then the grateful Hiawatha	L
Called the Mama the woodpecker	B
From his perch among the branches	K
Of the melancholy pine tree	A
And in honor of his service	K
Stained with blood the tuft of feathers	K
On the little head of Mama	L
Even to this day he wears it	V
Wears the tuft of crimson feathers	K
As a symbol of his service	K
Then he stripped the shirt of wampum	A
From the back of Megissogwon	C
As a trophy of the battle	A
As a signal of his conquest	V
On the shore he left the body	A
Half on land and half in water	B
In the sand his feet were buried	V
And his face was in the water	B
And above him wheeled and clamored	V
The Keneu the great war eagle	A
Sailing round in narrower circles	K
Hovering nearer nearer nearer	B
From the wigwam Hiawatha	L
Bore the wealth of Megissogwon	C
All his wealth of skins and wampum	A
Furs of bison and of beaver	B
Furs of sable and of ermine	C
Wampum belts and strings and pouches	K
Quivers wrought with beads of wampum	A
Filled with arrows silver headed	V
Homeward then he sailed exulting	F
Homeward through the black pitch water	B
Homeward through the weltering serpents	K
With the trophies of the battle	A
With a shout and song of triumph	A2
On the shore stood old Nokomis	K
On the shore stood Chibiabos	K
And the very strong man Kwasind	V
Waiting for the hero's coming	F
Listening to his songs of triumph	A2
And the people of the village	Q
Welcomed him with songs and dances	K
Made a joyous feast and shouted	V
Honor be to Hiawatha	L
He has slain the great Pearl Feather	B
Slain the mightiest of Magicians	K
Him who sent the fiery fever	B
Sent the white fog from the fen lands	K
Sent disease and death among us	K
Ever dear to Hiawatha	L
Was the memory of Mama	L
And in token of his friendship	E2
As a mark of his remembrance	K
He adorned and decked his pipe stem	A
With the crimson tuft of feathers	K
With the blood red crest of Mama	L
But the wealth of Megissogwon	C
All the trophies of the battle	A
He divided with his people	A
Shared it equally among them	A