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Quotation from The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis.”
The Song of Hiawatha, Canto III, Hiawatha's Childhood (Project Gutenberg #19)
The opening of Hiawatha's childhood on the shore of Lake Superior.
Citation: "By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water, Stood the wigwam of Nokomis, Daughter of the Moon, Nokomis." — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Song of Hiawatha, Canto III, Hiawatha's Childhood (Project Gutenberg #19). (id the-song-of-hiawatha-q3)
Portrait: Hiawatha and Minnehaha, Photo: Emiel (Wikimedia Commons); sculpture by Jacob Fjelde, Public domain.
