Yes, as in a dream she listened

To the words of Hiawatha.

Hiawatha, (with deep feeling):

After many years of warfare,

Many years of strife and bloodshed,

There is peace between the Ojibways

And the tribe of the Dacotahs.

Hiawatha; In his earnestness rising, speaking slowly, with Great Expression, and turning toward Minnehaha.

“That this peace may last forever,

And our hands be clasped more closely,