The Hiawatha Legends: North American Indian Lore

"The Hiawatha Legends" is a never-before reprint of Henry R. Schoolcraft's original 1856 work. The Myth of Hiawatha, and other oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians are in this book dedicated by Schoolcraft to Professor Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This volume of Indian myths and Legends (is) derived from the story-telling circle of the native wigwams. They placed man together in a new phasis. They reflect hopes, fears, wishes, expects, worships, lives for dies for..." A timeless collection of history, a must for every collector of Indian lore. A new chance to look at old history. --- from book's back cover