Other Figures — Minor Figures

34 figures from The Song of Hiawatha who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Adjidaumo

first appears VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing

VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing · recipient: Hiawatha “Frisked and chatted very gayly, Toiled and tugged with Hiawatha Till the labor was completed.”
VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing · benefactor: Hiawatha “And the name which now he gives you; For hereafter and forever Boys shall call you Adjidaumo, Tail-in-air the boys shall call you!”

missionary · first appears XXII · Hiawatha’s Departure

XXII · Hiawatha’s Departure · benefactor: Hiawatha “Then the generous Hiawatha Led the strangers to his wigwam, Seated them on skins of bison, Seated them on skins of ermine,”
XXII · Hiawatha’s Departure · benefactor: Nokomis “And the careful old Nokomis Brought them food in bowls of basswood, Water brought in birchen dippers, And the calumet, the peace-pipe, Filled and lighted for their smoking.”

Hedgehog · first appears VII · Hiawatha’s Sailing

VII · Hiawatha’s Sailing · recipient: Hiawatha “Saying with a drowsy murmur, Through the tangle of his whiskers, ‘Take my quills, O Hiawatha!’”

first appears VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing

VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing · recipient: Hiawatha “And from peril and from prison, From the body of the sturgeon, From the peril of the water, They released my Hiawatha.”
XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis · enemies with Pau-Puk-Keewis “Shouted: ‘It is Pau-Puk-Keewis! He is slaying us by hundreds! Send a message to our brother, Tidings send to Hiawatha!’”

first appears VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing

VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing · enemies with Hiawatha “In his fingers Hiawatha Felt the loose line jerk and tighten”

woodpecker · first appears IX · Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather · Part 2

IX · Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather · Part 2 · recipient: Hiawatha “Suddenly from the boughs above him Sang the Mama, the woodpecker: ‘Aim your arrows, Hiawatha, At the head of Megissogwon, Strike the tuft of hair upon it, At their roots the long black tresses; There alone can he be wounded!’”
IX · Hiawatha and the Pearl-Feather · Part 2 · friends with Hiawatha “Ever dear to Hiawatha Was the memory of Mama! And in token of his friendship, As a mark of his remembrance, He adorned and decked his pipe-stem With the crimson tuft of feathers, With the blood-red crest of Mama.”

first appears VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing

VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing · enemies with Hiawatha “And he smote it in his anger, With his fist, the heart of Nahma, Felt the mighty King of Fishes Shudder through each nerve and fibre,”