The Song of Hiawatha of Longfellow's poem nevertheless led to the name "Hiawatha" becoming attached to a number of locales and enterprises in areas more historically associated with the Ojibwe than the Iroquois. The poem was published on November 10, 1855, by Ticknor and Fields and was an immediate success. In 1857, Longfellow calculated that it had sold 50,000 copies. Longfellow chose to set "The Song of Hiawatha" at the Pictured Rocks, one of the locations along the south shore of Lake Superior favored by narrators of the Manabozho stories. The "Song" presents a legend of Hiawatha and his lover "Minnehaha" in 22 chapters
USS Hiawatha (ID-2892) USS Hiawatha (ID-2892) The second USS "Hiawatha" (ID-2892 or SP-2892) was a harbor tug that served in the United States Navy in 1918. "Hiawatha" was built as a civilian, wooden-hulled steam tug of the same name in 1903 by Brown at Tottenville, Staten Island, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her under charter from her owner for World War I service on 1 August 1918. She was commissioned as USS "Hiawatha" (ID-2892 or SP-2892) at New York City the same day. Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, "Hiawatha" operated with the guard ship USS "Amphitrite" and was manned either by