Cover title: The Hiawatha legends. Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1856.

Supplementary introduction -- Introduction -- Hiawatha; or, Manabozho -- Paup-puk-keewiss -- Osseo; or, The son of the evening star -- Kwasind; or, the fearfully strong man -- The Jeebi; or, Two ghosts -- Iagoo -- Shawondasee -- Puck Wudu Ininees; or, The vanishing little man -- Pezhiu and Wabose; or, The Lynx and hare -- Peboan and Seegwun : an allegory of winter and spring -- Mon-daw-min; or, The origin of Indian corn -- Nezhik-e-wa-wa-sun; or, The lone lightening -- The Ak Uk O Jeesh; or, The groundhog family -- Opeechee; or, The origin of the robin -- Shingebiss : an allegory of self-reliance -- The star family; or, The celestial sisters -- Ojeeg Annung; or, The red lover -- Sheem, the forsaken by; or Wolf brother -- Mishemokwa; or, The war with the gigantic Bear wearing the precious prize of the necklace of wampum, or The origin of the small black bear -- The red swan -- Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, The white feather -- Pauguk, and the mythical interpretation of Hiawatha -- Iena, the wanderer; or, Magic bundle -- Mishosha; or, The magician of Lake Superior -- Peeta Kway, the foam-woman -- Pah-hah-undootah, the red head -- The white stone canoe -- Onaiazo, the sky-walker : a legend of a visit to the sun -- Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, The mastodon -- The sun-catcher; or, The boy who set a snare for the sun : a myth of the origin of the dormouse -- Wa-wa-be-zo-win; or, The swing on the pictured rocks of Lake Superior -- Mukakee Mindemoea; or, The toad-woman -- Eroneniera; or, An Indian visit to the Great Spirit -- The six hawks; or, Broken wing -- Weeng, the spirit of sleep -- Addik Kum Maig; or, The origin of the white fish -- Bokwewa; or, The humpback magician -- Aggodagauda and his daughter; or, The man with his leg tied up -- Iosco; or, the prairie boys; visit to the sun and moon -- The enchanted moccasins -- Leelinau : A Chippewa tale -- Wild notes of the Pibbigwun.