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
North Coast Hiawatha of the company's six most beautiful. The train also provided a convenient connection to Yellowstone National Park at Livingston, Montana. On November 14, 1971, Amtrak formally named this service the "North Coast Hiawatha", For four days a week, it ran independently of the "Empire Builder" from the Twin Cities to Spokane. On the other three days of the week, it combined with the "Empire Builder" in Spokane for the trip to Seattle. Amtrak initially named the Minneapolis train "Hiawatha", but adopted the "Twin Cities Hiawatha" name on January 16, 1972. Amtrak reverted to "Hiawatha" on October 29, and this name