The Song of Hiawatha between the original stories, as "reshaped by Schoolcraft," and the episodes in the poem are but superficial, and Longfellow omits important details essential to Ojibwe narrative construction, characterization, and theme. This is the case even with "Hiawatha’s Fishing," the episode closest to its source. Some important parts of the poem were more or less Longfellow's invention from fragments or his imagination. "The courtship of Hiawatha and Minnehaha, the least 'Indian' of any of the events in "Hiawatha", has come for many readers to stand as the typical American Indian tale." Also, "in exercising the function of selecting incidents to make
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