American Background in Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha" Page: 50
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Footprints pointing toward a, wigwam are the sign of invitation,
a si^n of guests assembling, 'Bloody hands with uplifted palms
are a symbol of destruction*
Longfellow "'.as deeply interested in pictography, aad some
of the symbols he has explained in "The Sang of Hiawatha* are
the briefest end best descriptions that have ever been compiled*
The accuracy with which the poet has described the Indian picture
writing may be seen from the following Sioux and Ojibway picto-
graphic symbols*
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Moon, Night
?reat Spirit
Life
-+ t 4 t T
Stars
Woods
A
Sunrise
Mountain
Lake
Tepee (Man
8.0]
Ram ana
I
did it
Evening
Kooa
Cloudy
Fig. 1.--Sioux and Ojti&wtty pict^npLic symbols.
(Source: .William Tompkins, universal 3ijS,n Language,
pp.- 76—81* ) '
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William Tompkins, universal Sign Lan^na^e, p* 7S
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Doty, Fern Marie. American Background in Longfellow's "The Song of Hiawatha", thesis, 1940; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83348/m1/55/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .