VOCABULARY: lĕg'-end-a story coming down from the past; a tradition. What body of water is called Gitche Gumee? Where did the wigwam of Noko mis stand? What is meant by the "beat" of the water? Why does Longfellow call the pine trees black and gloomy''? Who was Nokomis? Why did she call Hiawatha "My little owlet''? What do we call the "broad white road in heaven"? What word tells the sound of the water? Read lines which tell what Hiawatha learned of the birds and the beasts. Of what was Hiawatha's bow made? His arrows? The cord? Why was a tip of flint used on the arrows? What is meant by "the ford across the river?'' Why did the deer point his nos trils to windward?'' Read lines that tell Hiawatha was excited when hunting. What two words tell the sound made by the arrow? pros'-per-to succeed; to be fortunate; to thrive. plunge to thrust one's self into; a dive or a leap. WORDS AND PHRASES: "ponder" "'contriving" "full of frenzy'' "Pliant as a wand" "Stately as a stag" "melted them to pity" "musical and mellow" "Islands of the Blessed' "strength allied to goodness'' "cowering" "Snapped asunder'' "bring the hunting homeward’’ ""brooklet'' "barred securely'' "sheer into the river'' "Spake with naked hearts" (Hiawatha's Sailing) Of what did Hiawatha make his canoe? Why does Hiawatha call the bark of the birch tree a cloak? What other name does he call the bark of the birch tree? What word tells the sound made by the leaves of the birch? What word tells that Hiawatha cut all around the birch tree? Why did Hiawatha ask the cedar tree for its boughs? Read lines which tell why he asked the larch tree for its roots. What other name does he give the larch tree? Why did he want the balsam and the resin? Read lines which tell. PRONUNCIATION: něck'-lace ca-noe' (ka-noo') gir'-dle (gûr'-d'l) What is meant by "its robes of darkness''? Why does Hiawatha call the drops of balsam "tears"? Read the lines which tell why Hiawatha asked Kagh, the hedgehog, for his quills. Can the hedgehog really shoot his quills like arrows''? What is meant by "my beauty" Read lines which tell how Hiawatha decorated his canoe. What did he use for paddles for the canoe? What did Kwasind do to aid the canoeing? Why is the fir tree spoken of as ""sombre''? Words and Phrases for Study fore'-head (fŏr'-ĕd) bal’-sam (böl′săm) swăm VOCABULARY: lärch sum'-mit (it)—the top; the highest point. sup'-ple (')-limber; flexible; easily bent. WORDS AND PHRASES: "white-skin wrapper'' 66 'drowsy murmur'' 66 ooze and tangle" "cleft" "fibrous roots" smeared (smērd) fis'-sūre veered (vērd) "tangle of his whiskers'' "wrought them'' "two stars resplendent' "larch's supple sinews" "Veered" "deeps and shallows' (Hiawatha's Wooing) Notes and Questions Why did Nokomis wish Hiawatha to wed a maiden of his own people? Whom did Hiawatha say he would wed? Find the Falls of Minnehaha on your map. Read lines which tell of Hiawa tha's journey "To the land of the Dacotahs.' Of what was the Arrow-maker thinking when Hiawatha appeared? Read lines which tell of what the maiden was thinking. What hospitality was shown Hiawatha? PRONUNCIATION: ré-luc'-tǎnt bê-nig'-nǎnt Tell about the wigwam of the Arrow-maker. Read the words of Hiawatha in asking the father for his daughter. In what words did the Arrowmaker give his consent? What were Minnehaha's words? Read lines which tell of the journey homeward. Why did Hiawatha "check" his pace on this journey? What greeting did the blue-bird give them? What was the greeting of the robin? The sun? The moon? Read the lines which you like best. Words and Phrases for Study chal-ced'-ô-ny (kal-sed') in-ter'-mi-nå-ble un-in-tĕr-rupt'-ed clăm'-or-ous (ĕr-ŭs) căt'-à-răct fǎl'-lōw woo-ing plume (ploom) bur'-row mys'-tic (mis) "'interminable forests" "Neither willing nor reluctant' "heart's ease "the sun benignant'' |