- This was sort of hard to read.
- The Pearl Feather is heavily guarded. He must have something good. I'm guessing pearls.
- Hiawatha was to slay the Pearl Feather to avenge an old woman's father. She also says that this thing is responsible for everything bad that happens.
- Hiawatha was able to get through all the obstacles to get to him and basically says that he is more bark than bite.
- He was wearing a magical shirt that does not penetrate the Pearl Feather.
- Hiawatha was told to target the roots of his tresses, kills him, and takes his shirt.
- He came home a hero and shared the treasures of the Pearl Feather equally throughout the people.
Hiawatha's Wooing:
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| Minnehaha and Hiawatha |
- Men and women are useless without the other.
- The old woman warns him to marry one of them, not another from a different tribe.
- Alas, he didn't listen. He chose a woman (daughter of a arrow maker) from another tribe whom often they went to war with. His reasoning is that they could merge.
- Minnehaha: best name ever.
- He presented a red deer to her father to which he welcomed Hiawatha.
- She listens to him and doesn't say a word. He asks her father in her hand in marriage. He agrees and takes her back home.
- He basically had a good wedding.
- The storyteller tells the next story.
The Son of the Evening Star:
- Osseo: son of the evening star, old and ugly
- Osseo marries Oweenie, a young woman with many suitors. He has a good personality.
- Somehoe, Osseo turns into a young handsome man and Oweenie, old and wrinkled. But he loved her just the same.
- Then her sisters turned into birds while Oweenie went back to being beautiful with a feather staff.
- They had a son with the beauty of Oweenie and the courage of Osseo.
- The story ends back to Hiawatha's wedding feast.
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