Hiawatha (1913 film) only an abridged copy of the film. Hiawatha (1913 film) Hiawatha is a 1913 American silent drama film directed by Edgar Lewis and based upon Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem "The Song of Hiawatha" (1855). The film stars Jesse Cornplanter of the Seneca people and Soon-goot, a 17-year-old unknown actress. The movie is the first feature film to use a cast of American Indians. The story begins along the Lake Superior Michigan shoreline with the appearance of a mighty spirit that tells the Indians a peacekeeper will bring wisdom and unite the warring tribes. Hiawatha is born to Wenonah and
Hunkar (epic poem) Brahmaputra<br>" "Ganga and Yamuna - the nectar-swept streams<br>" "That flow to the blessed land<br>" "Are abundant with your melting compassion.<br>" "At the gates of that land,<br>" "You, the guardian of its borders,<br>" "Have challenged, 'You must cut off my head<br>" "Before you can trample over this land.<br>" "O pious sage, a great misfortune has fallen today<br>" "On that same land of piety!<br>" "Afflicted, the children are writhing<br>" "Bitten by countless snakes from four directions.<br>" "My king of mountains! My magnificent one!<br>" Hunkar (epic poem) Hunkar is an epic poem by Rashtrakavi Ramdhari Singh 'Dinkar'. "Himalaya" is from the collection "Hunkar"