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diff --git a/old/67148-0.txt b/old/67148-0.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 68dd009..0000000 --- a/old/67148-0.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,2177 +0,0 @@ -The Project Gutenberg eBook of A dramatization of Longfellow's -Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - -This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and -most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions -whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms -of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at -www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: A dramatization of Longfellow's Hiawatha - A spectacular drama in six acts - -Authors: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - A. L. De Vine - -Release Date: January 12, 2022 [eBook #67148] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from - images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A DRAMATIZATION OF -LONGFELLOW'S HIAWATHA *** - - - - - -Transcriber’s Notes: - - Underscores “_” before and after a word or phrase indicate _italics_ - in the original text. - Small capitals have been converted to SOLID capitals. - Typographical and punctuation errors have been silently corrected. - - - - - A DRAMATIZATION OF - LONGFELLOW’S - - HIAWATHA. - - A Spectacular Drama in Six Acts. - - Delineating the Characteristics and Customs - OF - THE NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN. - - - _Re-written, Revised, Arranged and Dramatized - By A. L. DE VINE._ - - _Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1895 - By A. L. DE VINE. - In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington._ - - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. - - _Copyrighted in Great Britain and British Possessions, - France, Germany, Italy, - Belgium, Denmark, Portugal and Switzerland._ - - - - -INTRODUCTORY. - - To ye whose hearts are fresh and simple - Who have faith in God and Nature, - Who believe that in all ages - Every human heart is human, - That in even savage bosoms - There are longings, yearnings, strivings - For the good they comprehend not, - That the feeble hands and helpless, - Groping blindly in the darkness, - Touch God’s right hand in that darkness - And are lifted up and strengthened, - -Is submitted this portrayal of the primitive life of the American -Indians in their native forest home. Fully realizing how rapidly the -race is becoming extinct before the onward march of civilizing -influences, and how little the people of this and other countries -really know of such customs, dress, and peculiarities, it is believed -this spectacular drama will be found historical, an educator to the -young and interesting to ALL. In thus depicting the higher and better -life of the Indian race, their mode of living, dress, pastimes, feats -of skill, dances, wooings, wedding feasts, festivities, death scenes -and legends, the author has adhered to the original language of the -poem as closely as is consistent with a faithful dramatization thereof. - -This is the first and only known drama of this kind or character in -existence, and no other subject, throughout the wide and varied field -of poetry, offers like opportunities to the facile pen of the skilled -playwright. - - - - -SYNOPSIS OF SCENES AND INCIDENTS. - - - ACT I. THE PEACE PIPE. - Gitche Manitou (Great Spirit) descends from - Heaven and admonishes the tribes to cease warfare - and bloodshed—Indians discard weapons and war - paint—Gitche Manitou promises to send Hiawatha as - a guide—Fashions a Peace Pipe—Sets fire to the - forest and vanishes in smoke. - - ACT II. HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD. - Tribe of Ojibways—Hiawatha a babe in Indian - cradle—Nokomis swinging cradle—Indian lullaby. - - ACT III. HIAWATHA’S WOOING. - Scene 1—Hiawatha grown to manhood—Desires to wed - Minnehaha, a Dakotah maiden—Discussion—Departs - on journey—Nokomis sorrowing. Scene 2—Hiawatha - in forest—Shoots a deer—Shoulders it. Scene - 3—Tribe of Dakotahs—Minnehaha Falls—Wigwam of - Arrow-maker—Hiawatha’s arrival and welcome—Wooing - of Minnehaha—Departure of Hiawatha and - Minnehaha—Climbing of Falls—Arrow-maker’s - despondency—Tableaux. - - ACT IV. WEDDING FEAST. - Forest—Ojibway village—Arrival of Hiawatha - and Minnehaha—Welcome—Festivities—Feasts, - songs, feats of skill, games, dancing and - specialties—Tableaux. - - ACT V. FEVER, FAMINE AND MINNEHAHA’S DEATH. - Winter—Tepee of Nokomis—Starvation—Minnehaha - begs for food—Enter Famine and Fever—Hiawatha - hunting food—Disheartened—Appeal to - Great Spirit—Minnehaha’s sufferings - and death—Lamentations—Hiawatha’s - return—Grief—Indian funeral—Tableaux. - - ACT VI. HIAWATHA’S DEPARTURE. - Summer—Indian village—Canoe approaches - from distance containing Minnehaha as - angel—Music—Colored lights—Indians’ - astonishment—Hiawatha awaits her coming—Joins - her—Hiawatha’s farewell—Canoe disappears—Tableaux. - - - - -“HIAWATHA” - -DRAMATIS PERSONÆ. - - - Gitche Manito; the Indian Great Spirit and Father of all Nations. - Hiawatha; the Prophet of Peace, of the tribe of Ojibways, - sent to guide the Indian nations. - Ancient Arrow-maker; Minnehaha’s Father. - Chibiabos; the Singer. - Pau-Puk-Keewis; the Dancer. - Bukadawin; Famine. - Ahkosewin; Fever. - Minnehaha; Hiawatha’s Bride, a Dakotah Maiden. - Old Nokomis; Hiawatha’s Grand-mother. - Miscellaneous Indian Braves. - Miscellaneous Indian Women. - - -SYNOPSIS. - - Act 1st. The Peace Pipe. - Act 2nd. Hiawatha’s Childhood. - - } Scene 1st. Hiawatha’s Discussion - Act 3rd. Hiawatha’s } with Nokomis and Departure. - Wooing. } Scene 2nd. Hiawatha’s Journey. - } Scene 3rd. Wooing of Minnehaha. - { Home of Arrow-maker. - { View of Minnehaha Falls. - - Act 4th. Wedding Feast. - Act 5th. Fever and Famine and Minnehaha’s Death. - Act 6th. Hiawatha’s Reunion with Minnehaha and Departure. - - - - -ACT I. - -THE PEACE PIPE. - - -_Scenery_: - - _Description as nearly as possible to follow - description according to the poem. In background, - high mountains. In foreground, lower hills, with - forest trees and Indian tents in the distance: - GITCHE MANITO; The great Spirit and FATHER of - all NATIONS descends from the clouds encircled - in a flood of bright lights of various colors; - strains of soft sweet Music, as from a distance, - accompanying his descent as though from Heaven to - Earth or to the top of the mountain. The Indian - representatives from all Nations in their peculiar - distinct dress of the several different tribes, - grouped here and there among the trees and rocks - are attracted by the smoke signal and are then seen - coming from all directions in full Indian war paint - and costume; when signaled to by GITCHE MANITO, the - Great Spirit, as per the following poem_: - - -_Act and Description of Gitche Manito_: - - On the Mountains of the Prairie, - On the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry, - Gitche Manito, the Mighty, - He the Master of Life DESCENDING, - On the red craigs of the quarry - Stood erect, and called the Nations, - Called the tribes of men together. - From his footprints flowed a river, - Leaped into the light of morning, - O’er the precipice plunging downward - Gleamed like Ishkoodah, the comet. - And the Spirit, stooping earthward, - With his finger on the meadow - Traced a winding pathway for it, - Saying to it, - -_Gitche Manito_: - -Run in this way! - - From the red stone of the quarry - With his hand he broke a fragment, - Moulded it into a pipe-head, - Shaped and fashioned it with figures; - From the margin of the river - Took a long reed for a pipe-stem, - With its dark green leaves upon it; - Filled the pipe with bark of willow, - With the bark of the red willow; - Breathed upon the neighboring forest, - Made its great bows chafe together, - Till in flame they burst and kindled; - And erect upon the mountains - Gitche Manito, the Mighty, - Smoked the calumet, the Peace Pipe, - As a signal to the nations, - And the smoke rose slowly, slowly, - Through the tranquil air of morning, - First a single line of darkness, - From the vale of Tawasenthena, - From the Valley of Wyoming - From the groves of Tuscaloosa, - From the far-off Rocky Mountains, - From the Northern lakes and rivers. - -_Act, Indians_: - - All the tribes beheld the signal, - Saw the distant smoke ascending, - The Pukwana of the Peace Pipe. - - -_Indian Warriors_ (_to each other, pointing_): - - Behold it, the Pukwana! - By this signal from afar off, - Bending like a wand of willow, - Waving like a hand that beckons, - Gitche Manito, the Mighty, - Calls the tribes of men together, - Calls the warriors to his council! - -_Act of Indian Tribes_: - - Down the rivers o’er the prairies, - Came the warriors of the nations, - All the warriors drawn together - By the signal of the Peace Pipe - To the Mountains of the Prairie, - To the great Red Pipe-stone Quarry. - And they stood there on the meadow, - With their weapons and their war-gear, - Painted like the leaves of Autumn, - Painted like the sky of morning, - Wildly glaring at each other; - In their faces stern defiance, - In their hearts the feuds of ages, - The hereditary hatred - The ancestral thirst of vengeance. - -_Act, Gitche Manito_: - - Gitche Manito, the mighty, - The Creator of the nations, - Looked upon them with compassion, - With paternal love and pity; - Over them he stretched his right hand. - -_Gitche Manito_: - - O my children; my poor children! - Listen to the words of wisdom, - Listen to the words of warning! - From the lips of the Great Spirit, - From the Master of life, who made you! - I have given you lands to hunt in, - I have given you streams to fish in, - I have given you bear and bison, - I have given you roe and reindeer, - I have given you brant and beaver, - Filled the marshes full of wild fowl, - Filled the rivers full of fishes; - Why then are you not contented? - Why then will you hunt each other? - I am weary of your quarrels, - Weary of your wars and bloodshed, - Weary of your prayers for vengeance, - All your strength is in your union, - All your danger is in discord; - Therefore be at peace henceforward, - And as brothers live together. - “I will send a Prophet to you, - Hiawatha will I send to you - A deliverer of the nations, - Who shall guide you and shall teach you - Who shall toil and suffer with you. - If you listen to his counsels, - You will multiply and prosper; - If his warnings pass unheeded - You will fade away and perish! - Bathe now in the stream before you - Wash the war-paint from your faces, - Wash the blood stains from your fingers, - Bury your war clubs and your weapons, - Break the red stone from this quarry, - Mould and make it into Peace Pipes, - Take the reeds that grow beside you, - Deck them with your brightest feathers, - Smoke the calumet together, - And as brothers live henceforward!” - -_Act, Indians_: - - Then upon the ground the warriors - Threw their cloaks and shirts of deer-skin, - Threw their weapons and their war-gear, - Leaped into the rushing river, - Washed the war-paint from their faces. - Clear above them flowed the water, - Clear and limpèd from the footprints - Of the Master of Life descending; - Dark below them flowed the water, - Soiled and stained with streaks of crimson, - As if blood were mingled with it. - From the river came the warriors. - Cleaned and washed from all their war-paint, - On the banks their clubs they buried, - Buried all their warlike weapons. - -_Act, Gitche Manito_: - - Gitche Manito, the Mighty, - The Great Spirit, the Creator, - Smiled upon his helpless children. - -_Act, Indians_: - - And in silence all the warriors - Broke the red stone of the quarry, - Smoothed and formed it into Peace Pipes, - Broke the long reeds by the river. - Decked them with their brightest feathers. - - _A beautiful transformation. Scene and tableaux can - be given here with the groups of Indians, Bright - colored lights, soft Heavenly music, and GITCHE - MANITO ASCENDING again to Heaven in a CLOUD of - SMOKE._ - -(_See following description._) - - While the Master of Life, ASCENDING - Through the opening of cloud-curtains, - Through the doorways of the HEAVEN - Vanished from before their faces, - In the smoke that rolled around him. - -[Illustration] - - - - -ACT II. - -HIAWATHA’S CHILDHOOD. - - -_Scenery_: - - _A short scene or acting tableaux, can be given - here, the scenery to follow the description in the - poem, HIAWATHA, a baby, in an Indian cradle swung - between the trees which is being rocked by old - NOKOMIS (his grandmother) while she is singing the - Lullaby song, Little Owlet._ (_See following - description._) - - By the shining Big-Sea-Water, - Stood the wigwam of Nokomis. - Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis. - Dark behind it rose the forest, - Rose the black and gloomy pine-trees, - Rose the firs with cones upon them; - Bright before it beat the water, - Beat the clear and sunny water, - Beat the shining Big-Sea-Water. - There the wrinkled, old Nokomis - Nursed the little Hiawatha, - Rocked him in his linden cradle, - Bedded soft in moss and rushes, - Safely bound with reindeer sinews; - Stilled his fretful wail by saying, - -_Nokomis_: - -Hush! the Naked Bear will hear thee! - -Lulled him into slumber singing, - -_Nokomis Song_: - - Ewa-yea! my little owlet! - Who is this, that lights the wigwam? - With his great eyes lights the wigwam? - Ewa-yea! my little owlet! - Wah-wah-taysee, little fire-fly, - Little, flitting, white-fire insect, - Little, dancing, white-fire creature, - Light us with your little candle, - Ere upon your bed I lay you - Ere in sleep you close your eyelids! - -[Illustration] - - - - -ACT III. - -HIAWATHA’S WOOING, - -TRIBE OF OJIBWAYS. - - -Scene First. Hiawatha’s Discussion with Nokomis and Departure. - -_Scenery_: - - _Same as Act II. This is supposed to be the TRIBE and - land of THE OJIBWAYS. Showing the INTERIOR of the - TEPEE of Old NOKOMIS. HIAWATHA; (tall, straight, - of majestic figure, commanding aspect, dashing - and handsome,) is seen shaping an arrow to fit a - bow. NOKOMIS; a majestic Indian woman as befits - HIAWATHA’S grandmother, sits making a robe of deer - skin or work of like kind. HIAWATHA sits working, - thinking, pondering._ - - -_Description of Hiawatha_: - - Out of childhood into manhood - Now had grown my Hiawatha. - Skilled in all the craft of hunters, - Learned in all the lore of old men, - In all youthful sports and pastimes, - In manly arts and labors. - Swift of foot was Hiawatha; - He could shoot an arrow from him, - And run forward with such fleetness, - That the arrow fell behind him! - Strong of arm was Hiawatha; - He could shoot ten arrows upward, - Shoot them with such strength and swiftness, - That the tenth had left the bow-string - Ere the first to earth had fallen! - He had mittens, Minjekahwun, - Magic mittens made of deer-skin; - When upon his hands he wore them, - He could smite the rocks asunder - He could grind them into powder. - He had moccasins enchanted, - Magic moccasins of deer-skin: - When he bound them round his ankles, - When upon his feet he tied them, - At each stride a mile he measured! - -_Hiawatha_; (_speaking meditatively_): - - As unto the bow the cord is, - So unto the man is woman, - Though she bends him, she obeys him, - Though she draws him, yet she follows, - Useless each without the other! - -_Nokomis_; (_in a warning and dissuading voice_): - - Wed a maiden of your people, - Go not eastward, go not westward, - For a stranger, whom we know not! - Like a fire upon the hearth-stone - Is a neighbor’s homely daughter, - Like the starlight or the moonlight - Is the handsomest of strangers! - -_Hiawatha_; (_persuadingly_): - - Dear old Nokomis, - Very pleasant is the firelight. - But I like the starlight better, - Better do I like the moonlight! - -_Nokomis_; (_gravely_): - - Bring not here an idle maiden, - Bring not here a useless woman, - Hands unskillful, feet unwilling; - Bring a wife with nimble fingers, - Heart and hand that move together, - Feet that run on willing errands! - -_Hiawatha_, (_Smiling_): - - In the land of the Dacotahs - Lives the Arrow-maker’s daughter, - Minnehaha, Laughing water, - Handsomest of all the women. - I will bring her to your wigwam, - She shall run upon your errands, - Be your starlight, moonlight, firelight, - Be the sunlight of my people! - -_Nokomis_, (_still dissuading_): - - Bring not to my lodge a stranger - From the land of the Dacotahs! - Very fierce are the Dacotahs, - Often is there war between us. - There are feuds yet unforgotten, - Wounds that ache and still may open! - -_Hiawatha_, (_laughing_): - - For that reason, if no other, - Would I wed the fair Dacotah, - That our tribes might be united, - That old feuds might be forgotten, - And old wounds be healed forever! - - _During this conversation HIAWATHA stops his work and - prepares for his journey, OLD NOKOMIS becoming more - and more earnest and entreating as his preparations - proceed: when he goes, she follows and tries to - detain him, then watches him out of sight, and the - curtain falls while she stands alone, weeping, - despondent and sorrowing at the door of her wigwam._ - -_Description of Hiawatha_: - - Dressed for travel, armed for hunting; - Dressed in deer-skin shirt and leggings, - Richly wrought with quills and wampum; - On his head his eagle-feathers. - Round his waist his belt of wampum, - In his hand his bow of ash-wood, - Strung with sinews of the reindeer; - In his quiver oaken arrows, - Tipped with jasper, winged with feathers; - With his mittens, Minjekahwun, - With his moccasins enchanted. - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - Thus departed Hiawatha - To the land of the Dacotahs, - To the land of handsome women; - -_Act, Nokomis_: - - Homeward weeping went Nokomis - Sorrowing for her Hiawatha. - - -ACT III. - -Scene Second. Hiawatha’s Journey. - -_Scenery:_ - - _A short scene can be given here, showing a deep - forest, also giving a view of Hiawatha upon his - journey and with his bow and arrow, shooting the - deer which he takes MINNEHAHA as a gift, and lays - at her feet on his arrival._ - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - Through the forest deep and lonely, - Then he journeyed without resting, - Till he heard the cataract’s laughter, - Heard the Falls of Minnehaha - Calling to him through the silence. - Standing, Listening, he murmured, - -_Hiawatha_: - - Pleasant is the sound! - Pleasant is the voice that calls me! - - On the outskirts of the forest, - Twixt the shadow and the sunshine, - Herds of fallow deer were feeding. - But they saw not Hiawatha; - -_Hiawatha (whispering to his bow)_: - -Fail not! - -_Hiawatha (whispering to his arrow)_: - -Swerve not! - - Sent it singing on its errand, - To the red heart of the roebuck; - Threw the deer across his shoulder, - And sped forward without pausing. - - -ACT III. - -“TRIBE OF THE DACOTAHS,” - -HOME OF THE ARROW-MAKER. - -Scene Third. Wooing of Minnehaha. - -_Scenery_: - - _As perfect an imitation as possible of the Scenery - of and about MINNEHAHA FALLS. With the FALLS, - also Very High Rocks in the background. In the - foreground, at the base of Minnehaha Falls, a - wigwam, representing the appearance and interior - of a wigwam of the DACOTAH TRIBE. MINNEHAHA to be - tall, straight, dashing and handsome. (See the - following Description.)_ - - In the land of the Dacotahs, - Where the Falls of Minnehaha - Flash and gleam among the oak-trees, - Laugh and leap into the valley. - Very spacious was the wigwam, - Made of deer-skin dressed and whitened, - With the Gods of the Dacotahs - Drawn and painted on its curtains, - And so tall the doorway, hardly - Hiawatha stooped to enter, - Hardly touched his eagle-feathers - As he entered at the doorway. - -_Act, Arrow-maker_: - - At the doorway of his wigwam - Sat the ancient Arrow-maker, - In the land of the Dacotahs, - Making arrow-heads of jasper, - Arrow-heads of chalcedony. - -_Description of Minnehaha_: - - At his side in all her beauty, - Sat the lovely Minnehaha, - Sat his daughter, Laughing water - Plaiting mats of flags and rushes; - Feet as rapid as the river, - Tresses flowing like the water, - And as musical a laughter; - And he named her from the river, - From the water-fall he named her, - Minnehaha, Laughing Water - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - She was thinking of a hunter, - From another tribe and country, - Young and tall and very handsome. - On the mat her hands lay idle, - And her eyes were very dreamy. - Through her thoughts she heard a footstep, - Heard a rustling in the branches, - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - And with glowing cheek and forehead, - With the deer upon his shoulders, - Suddenly from out the woodlands - Hiawatha stood before them. - -_Act, Arrow-maker_: - - Straight the ancient Arrow-maker - Looked up gravely from his labor, - Laid aside the unfinished arrow, - Bade him enter at the doorway, - Saying, as he rose to meet him, - -_Arrow-maker_: - -Hiawatha, you are welcome! - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - At the feet of Laughing Water - Hiawatha laid his burden, - Threw the red deer from his shoulders; - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - And the maiden looked up at him, - Looked up from her mat of rushes, - Said with gentle look and accent. - -_Minnehaha_: - -You are welcome, Hiawatha! - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - Then uprose the Laughing Water, - From the ground fair Minnehaha, - Laid aside her mat unfinished, - Brought forth food and set before them, - Water brought them from the brooklet, - Gave them food in earthen vessels, - Gave them drink in bowls of bass-wood. - - _The following conversation to be carried on between - the ARROW-MAKER and HIAWATHA while MINNEHAHA brings - the food etc., and sets before them._ - -_Hiawatha, (with much expression)_: - - “You know of my wondrous birth and being, - How I prayed and how I fasted, - How I lived, and toiled, and suffered, - That the tribes of men might prosper, - That I might advance my people!” - Dear Old Nokomis who has nursed me in my childhood - needs a daughter now to help her. - To the lodge of old Nokomis - I would bring the moonlight, starlight, firelight, - Bring the sunshine to my people, - Give me Minnehaha, Laughing Water, - Handsomest of all the women - In the land of the Dacotahs, - In the land of handsome women. - There is happiness and plenty - In the land of the Ojibways, - In the pleasant land and peaceful. - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - See the face of Laughing Water, - Peeping from behind the curtain, - Hear the rustling of her garments - From behind the waving curtain, - Listened while the guest was speaking, - Listened while her father answered, - But not once her lips she opened, - Not a single word she uttered. - Yes, as in a dream she listened - To the words of Hiawatha. - -_Hiawatha, (with deep feeling)_: - - After many years of warfare, - Many years of strife and bloodshed, - There is peace between the Ojibways - And the tribe of the Dacotahs. - - _Hiawatha; In his earnestness rising, speaking - slowly, with Great Expression, and turning toward - Minnehaha._ - - “That this peace may last forever, - And our hands be clasped more closely, - And our hearts be more united, - Give me as my wife this maiden, - Minnehaha, Laughing Water, - Loveliest of Dacotah women!” - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - _Reseats himself, looking expectantly and earnestly - at the Arrow-maker for his reply._ - -_Act, Arrow-maker_: - - And the ancient Arrow-maker - Paused a moment ere he answered, - Smoked a little while in silence, - Looked at Hiawatha proudly, - Fondly looked at Laughing Water, - Then made answer very gravely: - -_Arrow-maker (with deep feeling)_: - - Yes, if Minnehaha wishes; - Let your heart speak, Minnehaha. - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - And the lovely Laughing Water - Seemed more lovely, as she stood there, - Neither willing nor reluctant. - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - _Turns FIRST to ONE and THEN to the OTHER, hesitates - at thought of leaving her father, goes to him, then - turning, looking at Hiawatha, hesitates._ - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - Then, she went to Hiawatha - Softly took the seat beside him, - While she said, and blushed to say it. - -_Minnehaha_: - -I will follow you my husband! - -_Arrow-maker_: - -_Rising, going over and speaking to Hiawatha._ - - You have wooed and won my maiden, - With your stories of the North-land! - Happy are you, Hiawatha, - Having such a wife to love you! - -_Arrow-maker; turning, speaking to his daughter_: - - Happy are you, Laughing Water, - Having such a noble husband! - -_Arrow-maker, (to both)_: - - O my children, - Love is sunshine, hate is shadow, - Life is checkered shade and sunshine, - Rule by love, O Hiawatha! - “O my children, - Day is restless, night is quiet, - Man imperious, women feeble; - Half is hers although she follows - Rule by patience, Laughing Water!” - -_Act, Hiawatha and Minnehaha_: - - From the wigwam he departed, - Leading with him Laughing Water; - Hand in hand they went together, - Left the old man standing lonely - At the doorway of his wigwam. - - -_Arrow-maker, very sorrowfully_: - -Fare thee well, O Minnehaha! - -_Act, Arrow-maker_: - - And the ancient Arrow-maker - Turned again unto his labor, - Sat down by his sunny doorway, - Murmuring to himself, and saying: - -_Arrow-maker, (meditatively and with much expression)_: - - “Thus it is our daughters leave us - Those we love, and those who love us! - Just when they have learned to help us, - Just when we are old and lean upon them, - Comes a youth with flaunting feathers, - With his flute of reeds, a stranger - Wanders piping through the village, - Beckons to the fairest maiden, - And she follows where he leads her, - Leaving father, mother, home, friends, - Leaving ALL things, for the Stranger.” - - _Hiawatha and Minnehaha are to be seen (while - Arrow-maker is thus sitting at the doorway and - meditating); first winding in and out among the - trees, then climbing the rocks, coming into view, - then disappearing behind rocks; then again being - seen wending their way higher and higher upon the - rocks, and when the SUMMIT of the MINNEHAHA FALLS - is reached, they are seen, Hiawatha, with his arm - around Minnehaha, pointing to the wigwam in the - valley below. The Old Arrow-maker sees them at the - same time, rises, (shading his eyes with his hand) - and looks upward at them. HOME SWEET HOME is played - behind the scenes, soft and low, with stringed - instruments, while they are climbing the rocks, and - various colored lights are thrown upon the scene, - making an effective and beautiful tableaux._ - - - - -ACT IV. - -HIAWATHA’S WEDDING FEAST. - - -_Scenery_: - - _Scene first; same as Act III. Lake shore with - forest, with the Tepee of Old Nokomis on the shore - of the lake. Many Indians grouped here and there - with NOKOMIS waiting and watching for the arrival - of HIAWATHA and MINNEHAHA who are seen approaching - from a distance, NOKOMIS and the Indians coming - joyously forward to welcome them. In this scene are - introduced an imitation of, or, better still, a - Genuine Indian Feast; Indian Music; Indian Songs; - Sports and Pastimes, and Indian Dances in Native - Costumes by Native Indians—if possible._ - -_Description_: - - Sumptuous was the feast Nokomis - Made at Hiawatha’s wedding; - All the bowls were made of bass-wood, - White and polished very smoothly. - All the spoons of horn of bison, - Black and polished very smoothly. - She had sent through all the village - And the wedding guests assembled, - Clad in all their richest raiment, - Robes of fur and belts of wampum, - Splendid with their paint and plumage, - Beautiful with beads and tassels. - -_Act, Nokomis, (seeing Hiawatha and Bride approaching)_: - - With a shout and song of triumph, - On the shore stood old Nokomis, - -_Nokomis_: - - We bid you welcome Hiawatha, - We have waited long your coming, - Welcome to your home and people. - -_Hiawatha, (leading forward Minnehaha)_: - - Dear Old Nokomis, - A daughter have I brought to you - From the land of the Dacotahs, - Minnehaha, Laughing Water, - Who shall run upon your errands, - Be the sunlight of my people. - -_Nokomis, to Minnehaha_: - - The Objibways welcome the Dacotah maiden, - You shall be my starlight, moonlight, firelight; - You shall be the sunlight of our people. - -_Indians_: - -Honor be to Hiawatha. - -_Act, Indians_: - - And the people of the village - Welcomed them with songs and dances, - Made a joyous feast, and shouted: - -_Description of Feast_: - - First they ate the sturgeon, Nahma, - And the pike, the Maskenoza, - Caught and cooked by old Nokomis; - Then on pemmican they feasted, - Pemmican and buffalo marrow, - Haunch of deer and hump of bison, - Yellow cakes of the Mondamin, - And the wild rice of the river. - -_Act, Hiawatha, Minnehaha and Nokomis_: - - But the gracious Hiawatha, - And the lovely Laughing Water, - And the careful old Nokomis, - Tasted not the food before them, - Only waited on the others, - Only served their guests in silence. - -_Act, Nokomis_: - - And when all the guests had finished, - Old Nokomis, brisk and busy, - From an ample pouch of otter, - Filled the red stone pipes for smoking - With tobacco from the South-land, - Then she said to Chibiabos, - To the friend of Hiawatha, - To the sweetest of all singers, - To the best of all musicians. - -_Nokomis_: - - Sing to us, O Chibiabos! - Songs of love and songs of longing, - That the feast may be more joyous, - That the time may pass more gayly, - And our guests be more contented! - -_Act, Chibiabos_: - - And the gentle Chibiabos - Sang in accents sweet and tender, - Sang in tones of deep emotion, - Songs of love and songs of longing; - Looking still at Hiawatha, - Looking at fair Laughing Water, - Sang he softly, sang in this wise: - -_Chibiabos Song_: - - Onaway! Awake, beloved! - Thou the wild-flower of the forest! - Thou the wild-bird of the prairie! - Thou with eyes so soft and fawn-like! - If thou only lookest at me, - I am happy, I am happy, - As the lilies of the prairie, - When they feel the dew upon them! - Sweet thy breath is as the fragrance - Of the wild-flowers in the morning, - As their fragrance is at evening, - In the Moon when leaves are falling. - Does not all the blood within me - Leap to meet thee, leap to meet thee, - As the springs to meet the sunshine, - In the Moon when nights are brightest? - Onaway! my heart sings to thee, - Sings with joy when thou art near me, - As the sighing, singing branches - In the pleasant Moon of Strawberries. - When thou art not pleased, beloved, - Then my heart is sad and darkened, - As the shining river darkens, - When the clouds drop shadows on it! - When thou smilest, my beloved, - Then my troubled heart is brightened, - As in sunshine gleam the ripples - That the cold wind makes in rivers. - Smiles the earth, and smiles the waters, - Smile the cloudless skies above us, - But I lose the way of smiling - When thou art no longer near me! - I myself, myself, behold me! - Blood of my beating heart, behold me! - O awake, awake, beloved! - Onaway! awake, beloved! - -_Nokomis, to Pau-Puk-Keewis_: - - O Pau-Puk-Keewis, - Dance for us your merry dances, - Dance the Beggar’s Dance to please us, - That the feast may be more joyous, - That the time may pass more gayly, - And our guests be more contented! - -_Act, Pau-Puk-Keewis_: - - Then the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis, - He the Idle Yenadizze, - He the merry mischief-maker, - Whom the people called the Storm-Fool, - Rose among the guests assembled. - Skilled was he in sports and pastimes, - In the game of quoits and ball play, - In all games of skill and hazard. - He was dressed in shirt of doe-skin, - White and soft, and fringed with ermine, - All inwrought with beads of wampum; - He was dressed in deer-skin leggings, - Fringed with hedgehog quills and ermine, - And in moccasins of buckskin, - Thick with quills and beads embroidered. - On his head were plumes of swan’s down, - On his heels were tails of foxes, - In one hand a fan of feathers, - And a pipe was in the other. - Barred with streaks of red and yellow, - Streaks of blue and bright vermilion, - Shone the face of Pau-Puk-Keewis. - From his forehead fell his tresses, - Smooth, and parted like a woman’s. - Shining bright with oil, and plaited, - Hung with braids of scented grasses, - As among the guests assembled, - To the sound of flutes and singing, - To the sound of drums and voices, - Rose the handsome Pau-Puk-Keewis, - And began his mystic dances - -_Dance, Pau-Puk-Keewis_: - - First he danced a solemn measure, - Very slow in step and gesture, - In and out among the pine-trees, - Through the shadows and the sunshine, - Treading softly like a panther. - Then more swiftly and still swifter, - Whirling, spinning round in circles, - Leaping o’er the guests assembled, - Eddying round and round the wigwam, - Till the leaves went whirling with him, - Till the dust and wind together - Swept in eddies round about him. - Then along the sandy margin - Of the lake, the Big-Sea-Water, - On he sped with frenzied gestures. - Stamped upon the sand, and tossed it - Wildly in the air around him; - Till the wind became a whirlwind, - Till the sand was blown and sifted - Like great snowdrifts o’er the landscape, - Sand Hills of the Nagow Wudjoo! - Thus the merry Pau-Puk-Keewis - Danced his Beggar’s Dance to please them, - And, returning, sat down laughing - There among the guests assembled, - Sat and fanned himself serenely - With his fan of turkey-feathers. - -_Act, Chibiabos_: - - Then again sang Chibiabos, - Sang a song of love and longing, - In those accents sweet and tender, - In those tones of pensive sadness, - Sang a maiden’s lamentation - For her lover, her Algonquin. - -_Song_: - -_The original of this song may be found in Oneata, p. 15_. - - When I think of my beloved, - Ah me! think of my beloved, - When my heart is thinking of him, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin! - “Ah me! when I parted from him, - Round my neck he hung the wampum, - As a pledge, the snow-white wampum, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin! - “I will go with you he whispered, - Ah me! to your native country; - Let me go with you, he whispered, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin! - “Far away, away, I answered, - Very far away, I answered, - Ah me! is my native country, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin! - “When I looked back to behold him, - Where we parted, to behold him, - After me he still was gazing, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin! - “By the tree he still was standing, - By the fallen tree was standing, - That had dropped into the water, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin! - “When I think of my beloved, - Ah me! think of my beloved, - When my heart is thinking of him, - O my sweetheart, my Algonquin!” - - _Indian pastimes, games, dances and specialties - should be here introduced. If possible a national - Indian dance by a number of Indians. The Harvest - Dance, Ghost Dance or a War Dance, with colored - lights thrown upon the scene and soft music behind - scenes, forming tableaux during dances and before - the curtain falls._ - - -_CURTAIN._ - - - - -ACT V. - -FAMINE, FEVER AND MINNEHAHA’S DEATH. - - -_Scenery_: - - _Forest and Lake, same as Act IV, but WINTER. - Interior of Nokomis’ Tepee. Present, Hiawatha, - Nokomis and Minnehaha all of whose appearance - indicate starvation and great suffering. Fever and - Famine, the ghosts, two tall, slim girls, with - white, haggard faces, dressed entirely in black - drapery with no lines to break effect._ - -_Hiawatha: (with great depth of feeling.)_ - - O this long and dreary Winter - O this cold and cruel Winter! - Ever thicker, thicker, thicker - Grows the ice on lake and river, - Ever deeper, deeper, deeper - Falls the snow o’er all the landscape, - Falls the covering snow, and drifting - Through the forest, round the village, - Hardly from his buried wigwam - Can the hunter force a passage; - With my mittens and my snowshoes - Vainly walked I through the forest, - Sought for bird or beast and found none, - Saw no track of deer or rabbit, - In the snow beheld no footprints, - In the ghastly, gleaming forest - Fell, and could not rise from weakness, - Almost perished there from cold and hunger. - O the famine and the fever! - O the wasting of the famine! - O the blasting of the fever! - O the wailing of the children! - O the anguish of the women! - All the earth is sick and famished; - Hungry is the air around them, - Hungry is the sky above them, - And the hungry stars in heaven - Like the eyes of wolves glare at them! - - _Minnehaha, (turning to Hiawatha, reaching out her - hands and piteously beseeching of him:)_ - - Give me food, O Hiawatha, - Give us food, for we are starving, - Give us food, or we must perish. - -_Act, Fever and Famine_: - - Then the curtain of the doorway - From without was slowly lifted; - And two women entered softly, - Passed the doorway uninvited, - Without word of salutation, - Without sign of recognition, - Sat down in the farthest corner, - Crouching low among the shadows. - Very pale and haggard were they, - As they sat there sad and silent, - Trembling, cowering with the shadows, - Sobbing, weeping, wailing. - -_Minnehaha, Softly_: - - They are famished; - Let them do what best delights them; - Let them eat, for they are famished. - -_Hiawatha, musingly to himself_: - - Who are they? - What strange guests has Minnehaha? - -_Hiawatha, to Fever and Famine_: - - I bid you welcome - To my lodge, to my fireside; - O guests! why is it - That your hearts are so afflicted, - That you sob so in the sunlight? - Has perchance the old Nokomis, - Has my wife, my Minnehaha, - Ever wronged or grieved you by unkindness, - Ever failed in hospitable duties? - -_Fever and Famine_: - - We are ghosts of the departed, - Souls of those who once were with you. - Hither have we come to try you. - These are corpses clad in garments, - These are ghosts that come to haunt you, - From the kingdom of Ponemah, - From the land of the Hereafter! - Cries of grief and lamentation - Reach us in the Blessed Islands; - Cries of anguish from the living, - Calling back their friends departed, - Sadden us with useless sorrow. - Therefore have we come to try you; - No one knows us, no one heeds us. - We are but a burden to you, - And we see that the departed - Have no place among the living. - Think of this, O Hiawatha! - Speak of it to all the people, - That henceforward and forever - They no more with lamentations - Sadden the souls of the departed - In the Islands of the Blessed. - Do not lay such heavy burdens - In the graves of those you bury. - Farewell, noble Hiawatha! - We have put you to the trial, - To the proof have put your patience, - By the insult of our presence, - By the outrage of our actions. - We have found you great and noble, - Faint not in the greater trial, - Faint not in the hardest struggle. - - _Fever and Famine, with haggard and hollow eyes, turn - toward and approach Minnehaha, meanwhile Hiawatha, - Nokomis and Minnehaha trying to ward them off._ - -_Famine_, - - Behold me! - I am Famine, Bukadawin! - -_Fever_, - - Behold me! - I am Fever, Ahkosewin! - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - And the lovely Minnehaha - Shuddered as they looked upon her, - Shuddered at the words they uttered, - Lay down on her bed in silence, - Hid her face but made no answer; - Lay there trembling, Freezing, burning - At the looks they cast upon her, - At the fearful words they uttered. - -_Act, Hiawatha, first preparing for journey_, - - Wrapped in furs and armed for hunting, - With his mighty bow of ash-tree, - With his quiver full of arrows, - With his mittens, Minjekahwun, - Forth into the empty forest - Rushed the maddened Hiawatha; - In his heart was deadly sorrow, - In his face a stony firmness; - On his brow the sweat of anguish - Started, but it froze and fell not. - Into the vast and vacant forest - On his snowshoes strode he forward. - - _Scene shifts, showing Hiawatha in a dense forest, - with trees covered with snow and ice, hunting food - for Minnehaha, becoming discouraged, he sits down - on a log or rock, ponders and talks to himself._ - -_Hiawatha, despondently, ruminating_, - - Lo! how all things fade and perish! - From the memory of the old men - Pass away the great traditions, - On the grave-posts of our fathers - Are no signs, no figures painted; - Who are in those graves we know not, - Only know they are our fathers, - Of what kith they are and kindred, - From what old, ancestral Totem, - Be it Eagle, Bear or Beaver, - They descended, this we know not, - Only know they are our fathers. - Face to face we speak together, - But we cannot speak when absent, - Cannot send our voices from us - To the friends that dwell afar off; - Cannot send a secret message, - But the bearer learns our secret, - May pervert it, may betray it, - May reveal it unto others. - ’Twas through this forest, dark and gloomy, - In the balmy days of summer - That I brought my bride, Laughing Water, - From the land of the Dakotahs, - Through this forest, bleak and frozen, - Brought my moonlight, starlight, firelight, - Brought the sunshine of my people, - Minnehaha, Laughing Water, - Handsomest of all the women - In the land of the Dacotahs, - In the land of handsome women. - When she followed me, her husband. - - _Buries his head in his hands, then rising, - stretching his hands toward Heaven with head - uplifted cries aloud with great feeling._ - - “Gitche Manitou, the Mighty!” - In this bitter hour of anguish, - Give your children food, O father! - Give us food, or we must perish! - Give me food for Minnehaha, - For my dying Minnehaha! - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - Through the far-resounding forest, - Through the forest vast and vacant - Rang that cry of desolation, - But there came no other answer - Than the echo of his crying, - Than the echo of the woodlands. - -_Echo._ - -Minnehaha! Minnehaha! Ha! Ha! - - _Hiawatha disappears in the forest looking for game._ - - _Scene changes showing the interior of the tepee - where Minnehaha lies sick and dying. Fever sitting - at her head, Famine at her feet, both staring at - her. Old Nokomis sitting at the back of the couch, - watching over and caring for her with maternal love - and pity._ - -_Minnehaha, feebly_, - -_To Fever and Famine_. - - To-morrow - Is the last day of my conflict, - Is the last day of my fasting. - You will conquer and o’ercome me; - -_Turning to Nokomis, pathetically_: - - Dear old Nokomis, - Make a bed for me to lie in, - Where the rain may fall upon me, - Where the sun may come and warm me; - Lay me in the earth, and make it - Soft and loose and light above me. - - Let no hand disturb my slumber, - Only come yourself to watch me, - Till I wake, and start, and quicken, - Till I leap into the sunshine. - -_After a silence._ - - Ah me! think of my beloved, - In the bleak and frozen forest - My heart is thinking of him. - -_Another silence._ - - Far away, away, - Very far away, - Ah me! is my native country. - -_Half raising herself and speaking wildly_: - - Hark! I hear a rushing, - Hear a roaring and a rushing, - Hear the Falls of Minnehaha - Calling to me from a distance! - -_Nokomis, soothingly_: - - No, no, my child! - ’Tis only the night-wind in the pine-trees! - -_Minnehaha, deliriously, pointing_: - - Look! I see my father - Standing lonely at his doorway, - Beckoning to me from his wigwam - In the land of the Dakotahs! - -_Nokomis_: - -No, no, my child! - -’Tis only the smoke, that waves and beckons! - -_Minnehaha, wildly, raving_: - - Ah! The eyes of Pauguk - Glare upon me in the darkness, - I can feel his icy fingers - Clasping mine amid the darkness! - Hiawatha! Hiawatha! - - _Shrieking loudly and falls back dead._ - - _Fever and Famine at Minnehaha’s death, glide out, - Nokomis changes position taking a seat at her feet, - then rocking back and forth wails and moans._ - - -_Nokomis_: - - Wahonowin! Wahonowin! - Would that I had perished for you, - Would that I were dead as you are! - Wahonowin! Wahonowin! - Ah! why do the living, - Lay such heavy burdens on us! - Better were it to go naked, - Better were it to go fasting, - Than to bear such heavy burdens - On our long and weary journey! - O that I were dead! - O that I were dead, as thou art? - No more work, and no more weeping, - Wahonowin! Wahonowin! - - _During this scene a low, soft dirge should be played - behind the scenes. Indians are to be seen peeping - from behind trees and rocks, some after the death - coming to look into the wigwam._ - - _Indian chiefs, wailing and shaking their - medicine-pouches over the head of Minnehaha._ - - Hi-au-ha! - Way-ha-way! - She has gone - To the land of ghosts and shadows. - Hi-au-ha! - Way-ha-way! - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - Hiawatha rushed into the wigwam, - Saw the old Nokomis slowly - Rocking to and fro and moaning, - Saw his lovely Minnehaha - Lying dead and cold before him, - And his bursting heart within him - Uttered such a cry of Anguish, - That the forest moaned and shuddered, - That the very stars in heaven - Shook and trembled with his anguish. - -_Hiawatha, astounded, shocked, then mournfully._ - - Dead out of the empty heaven, - Dead among the starving people, - -_Calling to Heaven, despairingly_: - - Master of Life! - Must our lives depend on these things? - -_Moans, cries, then softly murmurs._ - - Ah, showain nemeshin, Nosa! - Pity, pity me, my father! - -_Pathetically beseeching Minnehaha_: - - O! my Minnehaha; O, my Laughing Water, - Do not leave me thus; - You were my moonlight, starlight, firelight - You were the sunshine of my life, - -_Whispering to her in her slumbers_: - - Though you are far from me - In the land of Sleep and Silence, - Still the voice of love should reach you! - -_Nokomis, sorrowfully, resignedly_: - - She is dead, the Laughing Water! - She the dearest of all creatures! - She has gone from us forever, - She has moved a little nearer - To the Master of all life, - To the Master of all sunshine! - She has gone - To the regions of the home-wind, - Of the Northwest wind Keewaydin, - To the Islands of the Blessed, - To the kingdom of Ponemah, - To the land of the Hereafter! - - _Hiawatha, sitting down, looking lovingly and - mournfully at her meditates_, - - Oh! those willing feet, that never - More will lightly run to meet me, - Never more will lightly follow. - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - Then he sat down, still and speechless - On the bed of Minnehaha - At the head of Laughing Water, - As if in a swoon he sat there, - Speechless, motionless, unconscious. - - _After awhile, rising, he goes back of the couch, - thus standing, looks down upon her, saying with - sorrow and deep pathos_, - - Farewell! Minnehaha! - Farewell, O my Laughing Water! - All my heart is buried with you, - All my thoughts go onward with you! - Come not back again to labor, - Come not back again to suffer, - Where the Famine and the Fever, - Wear the heart and waste the body. - Soon my task will be completed, - Soon your footsteps I shall follow - To the Islands of the Blessed, - To the Kingdom of Ponemah, - To the Land of the Hereafter! - - _A reproduction of an Indian death scene and an - Indian funeral could here be given. Soft music - behind scenes. Colored lights should be thrown upon - the scene making a very effective tableau, showing - interior of the tepee with Indians seen scattered - here and there outside in the wintry forest._ - - _CURTAIN._ - - - - -ACT VI. - -HIAWATHA’S DEPARTURE. - - -_Scenery_: - - _Shore of the lake with a forest on its margin. A - peaceful quiet summer scene. In the distance Indian - tents, and nearer the tepee of Nokomis. Indians - scattered here and there, some making a birch bark - canoe in true Ojibway fashion, others shooting - at target and indulging in Indian pastimes. - Hiawatha standing on the lake shore. Here can be - given a transformation and spectacular scene and - tableaux, showing Minnehaha in the distance as an - angel and hovering o’er them. Or, the following - spectacular_—Suddenly in the distance soft - low sweet music is heard (by stringed instruments - behind the scenes), and across the lake through a - rift in the sky is seen a bright heavenly light, - growing brighter and brighter, then an object is - seen growing more and more distinct as the music - grows louder, the object draws nearer and the light - brighter, and as the object comes into view it is - discovered to be a birch bark canoe gliding toward - them. In the canoe is Minnehaha dressed as an angel - and using paddle. The soft sweet music grows nearer - and louder, and the halo of light surrounding her - brighter as the canoe approaches. The Indians stop - their various pursuits and stand in attitudes of - astonishment watching the canoe approach. Hiawatha, - stepping forward to the margin of the lake when - Minnehaha is first seen, stands shading his eyes, - expectantly watching and waiting. Nokomis also - comes forth from her tepee. Minnehaha beckons - to Hiawatha. As she approaches them Hiawatha - recognizing her, steps forward, close to the waters - edge, and with hands extended and a smile of joy - and triumph, and a look of exultation waits. As - the boat stops close to shore and Minnehaha again - beckons to him, he apparently hesitates between her - and leaving his people, then again turns to her, - with exultation, hope, joy and deep feeling. - - -_Hiawatha_: - - Oh, my angel, Minnehaha, - Long have I been waiting for you! - Youth is lovely, age is lonely, - Youth is fiery, age is frosty; - You bring back the days departed, - You bring back my youth of passion, - O my beautiful Laughing Water - My lovely wife, my Minnehaha. - - _Hiawatha turns first to Nokomis and then to his - people, as though loth to leave them. Then, again - looking at Minnehaha, who motions to him smilingly_: - -_Act, Minnehaha_: - - O’er the water, flying, - Through the shining mist of morning, - Comes a birch canoe with paddles, - Rising, sinking on the water, - Dripping, flashing in the sunshine; - O’er the water floating, flying, - Something in the hazy distance, - Something in the mists of morning, - Loomed and lifted from the water, - Now seemed floating, now seemed flying, - Coming nearer, nearer, nearer. - -_Act, Hiawatha_: - - From the brow of Hiawatha - Gone was every trace of sorrow. - As the fog from off the water, - As the mist from off the meadow. - With a smile of joy and triumph, - With a look of exultation, - As of one who in a vision - Sees what is to be, but is not, - Stood and waited Hiawatha. - And the noble Hiawatha, - With his hands aloft extended, - Held aloft in sign of welcome, - Waited, full of exultation. - -_Hiawatha, to Nokomis, tenderly_: - - I am going, O Nokomis, - On a long and distant journey, - To the portals of the Sunset, - To the regions of the home-wind, - Of the Northwest wind, Keewaydin. - -_Motioning to his people._ - - In your watch and ward I leave them, - See that never harm comes near them, - See that never fear molests them, - Never danger nor suspicion, - Never want of food nor shelter, - In the lodge of Hiawatha. - -_Nokomis, sobbing._ - - Farewell, O Hiawatha! - Farewell, my child, my noble Hiawatha. - -_Hiawatha, turning to Indians_: - - Gitche Manitou, the Mighty, - Showed me in my vision, - All the secrets of the future, - Of the distant days that shall be. - I beheld the westward marches - Of the unknown crowded nations. - All the land was full of people, - Restless, struggling, toiling, striving, - Speaking many tongues, yet feeling - But one heart-beat in their bosoms. - In our woodlands rang their axes, - Smoked their towns in all our valleys, - Over all the lakes and rivers - Rushed their great canoes of thunder. - Then a darker, drearier vision - Passed before me, vague and cloud-like: - I beheld our nation scattered, - All forgetful of my counsels. - There are great men, I have known such, - Whom their own people understand not, - Whom they even make a jest of. - -_Stepping into canoe and drifting away._ - - I am going, O my people, - On a long and distant journey; - Many moons and many winters - Will have come and will have vanished, - Ere again I meet you. - -_Indian Chiefs_: - - We have listened to your message, - We have heard your words of wisdom, - We will think on what you tell us. - Farewell, O Hiawatha! - -_All Indians, sorrowfully, watching and waving adieu._ - - Farewell, Hiawatha, the beloved! - Farewell, forever! 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