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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Minnehaha #17847 02/01/2001 7:56 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Does anyone over the other side of the pond know whether the name of the heroine of Longfellow's "Hiawatha" is a "real" native American name, (meaning "laughing water?") or whether Longfellow made it up? (Strange - Ænigma recognises "Hiawatha", but believes it to have been written by [or in] "Longhand") Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnehaha #17848 02/01/2001 3:55 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear RC: I remember reading a long time ago an article about Longfellow that was more than mildly critical of his Indian lore, can't remember reference. I suspect he made up almost all of it, but that does not detract from its charm. wwh Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Minnehaha #17849 02/03/2001 7:49 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Thanks, Bill, I had a feeling that it was probably so! In those days, before the internet, it was very difficult for anyone to check the veracity of anything sadi about the New World, so they got away with murder! But, as you rightly say, it is still acharming poem. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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