He now came in view of land, on which he debarked in safety, and could see the lodge of the Shining Manito, situated on a hill.  He commenced preparing for the fight, putting his arrows and clubs in order, and just at the dawn of day began his attack, yelling and shouting, and crying with triple voices, “Surround him! surround him! run up! run up!” making it appear that he had many followers.  He advanced crying out, “It was you that killed my grandfather,” and with this shot his arrows.

The combat continued all day.  Hiawatha’s arrows had no effect, for his antagonist was clothed with pure wampum.  He was now reduced to three arrows, and it was only by extraordinary agility that he could escape the blows which the Manito kept making at him.  At that moment a large woodpecker (the ma-ma) flew past, and lit on a tree.  “Hiawatha” he cried, “your adversary has a vulnerable point; shoot at the lock of hair on the crown of his head.”  He shot his first arrow so as only to draw blood from that part.  The Manito made one or two unsteady steps, but recovered himself.  He began to parley, but, in the act, received a second arrow, which brought him to his knees.  But he again recovered.  In so doing, however, he exposed his head, and gave his adversary a chance to fire his third arrow, which penetrated deep, and brought him a lifeless corpse to the ground.  Hiawatha uttered his saw-saw-quan, and taking his scalp as a trophy, he called the woodpecker to come and receive a reward for his information.  He took the blood of the Manito and rubbed it on the woodpecker’s head, the feathers of which are red to this day.

After this victory he returned home, singing songs of triumph and beating his drum.  When his grandmother heard him, she came to the shore and welcomed him with songs and dancing.  Glory fired his mind.  He displayed the trophies he had brought in the most conspicuous manner, and felt an unconquerable desire for other adventures.  He felt himself urged by the consciousness of his power to new trials of bravery, skill, and necromantic prowess.  He had destroyed the Manito of Wealth, and killed his guardian serpents, and eluded all his charms.  He did not long remain inactive.

His next adventure was upon the water, and proved him the prince of fishermen.  He captured a fish of such a monstrous size, that the fat and oil he obtained from it formed a small lake.  He therefore invited all the animals and fowls to a banquet, and he made the order in which they partook of this repast the measure of their fatness.  As fast as they arrived, he told them to plunge in.  The bear came first, and was followed by the deer, opossum, and such other animals as are noted for their peculiar fatness at certain seasons.  The moose and bison came tardily.  The partridge looked on till the reservoir was nearly exhausted.  The hare and marten came last, and these animals have consequently no fat.