Hiawatha

Hi·a·wa·tha

H0185500 (hī′ə-wŏth′ə, -wô′thə, hē′ə-) fl. 1550. Onondagan leader who, along with Deganawidah, is credited with the organization of the Iroquois confederacy. His name was given to the hero of Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855).

Hiawatha

(ˌhaɪəˈwɒθə) n (Biography) a 16th-century Onondaga Indian chief: credited with the organization of the Five Nations

Hi•a•wath•a

(ˌhaɪ əˈwɒθ ə, -ˈwɔ θə, ˌhi ə-)

n. the central figure of Longfellow's poem The Song of Hiawatha (1855).

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Hiawatha - a Native American chieftain who argued for peace with the European settlers (16th century)

Hiawatha

(hī`əwä`thə), fl. c.1550, legendary chief of the Onondaga of North America. He is credited with founding the Iroquois ConfederacyIroquois Confederacy
or Iroquois League
, North American confederation of indigenous peoples, initially comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca.
..... Click the link for more information. . He is the hero of the well-known poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Bibliography

See T. R. Henry, Wilderness Messiah (1955).

Hiawatha

adventurous avenger of his father’s wickedness to his mother. [Am. Lit.: Longfellow The Song of Hiawatha in Magill I, 905]See: Vengeance

Hiawatha

“wise man”; legendary founder of Iroquois Confederacy. [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 229; Am. Lit.: “Hiawatha” in Benét, 466]See: Wisdom

Hiawatha

a 16th-century Onondaga Indian chief: credited with the organization of the Five Nations