It is this: they are versions of oral relations from the lips of the Indians, and are transcripts of the thought and invention of the aboriginal mind. There is but one consideration of much moment necessary to be premised respecting these legends and myths. Greece and Rome, England and Italy, have so long furnished, if they have not exhausted, the field of poetic culture, that it is, at least, refreshing to find both in theme and metre, something new. Not only so, but you have demonstrated, by this pleasing series of pictures of Indian life, sentiment, and invention, that the theme of the native lore reveals one of the true sources of our literary independence. That they indicate the possession, by the Vesperic tribes, of mental resources of a very characteristic kind-furnishing, in fact, a new point from which to judge the race, and to excite intellectual sympathies, you have most felicitously shown in your poem of Hiawatha. Permit me to dedicate to you, this volume of Indian myths and legends, derived from the story-telling circle of the native wigwams. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. OTHER ORAL LEGENDS, MYTHOLOGIC AND ALLEGORIC, OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS.Įntered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by Microsoft for their Live Search Books site.) Produced from scans of public domain material produced by Produced by Julia Miller and the Online Distributed *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MYTH OF HIAWATHA *** With this eBook or online at Title: The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians Re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withĪlmost no restrictions whatsoever. Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians, by Henry R. The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians, by Henry R.
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