Harding High School - Quiver Yearbook (Marion, OH)

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The Song of Hiawatha SYNOPSIS C-itche Manito, the Mighty, Called the tribes of men together Smoked the calumet, the Peace-Pipe As a signal to the nations. Warning, chiding, spake in this wise . 'I will send a Prophet to you, A Deliverer of the Nationsf The ancestry of Hiawatha is found in the four winds. Mudjekeewis, having conquered the Great Bear of the Mountains, became the West Wind, Father of the Winds of Heaven. To his children he gave the others, Wabun, the East Wind, Shawondasee, the South Wind, and Kabibonokka, the North Wind. Wabun brought the WildHowers, and Morning, and wooing the Star of Morning, forever in the Heavens, they were seen together walking. But the fierce Kabibonokkal He it was whose hand in Autumn, stained the Leaves with red and yellow, he it was who sent the Snow- flakes, and filled with Ice the lakes and rivers. Shawondasee, fat and lazy, had his dwelling in the never-ending Summer, he it was who sent the Wood-birds. ln his life he had one shadowfhe had loved the Dandelion, but too lazy to pursue her, he had only gazed upon her, and his warm breath changed her to the Thistle- down. Mudjelceewis had wooed Wenonah, but faithlessly deserted her. Broken-hearted, she died, leaving their son, Hiawatha, to the care of his grandmother, Nokomis. Many things, Nokomis taught him, of the stars that shine in Heaven, showed him lshlcoodah, the comet, the Death Dance of the Spirits, the Firefly, Wah-wah-tayseeg he saw the Moon rise, heard the Owl and Owlets, saw the Rainbow in the Heaven. Cut of childhood into manhood Now had grown my Hiawatha and learning from old Nokomis of the desertion of his father set out to find him. Filled with awe was Hiawatha,'at the aspect of his father: filled with joy was Mudjekeewis, when he looked on Hiawatha. First they talked of Hiawatha's brothers, Wabun, Shawondasee, and Kabibo- nokka, but when Wenonah was mentioned, Hiawatha cried, lt was you who killed Wenonahg then began the deadly conflict. But Hiawatha