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Rh Lay the cunning Pau-Puk-Keewis,

Lay the handsome Yenadizze,

Slain in his own human figure.

Ended were his wild adventures,

Ended were his tricks and gambols,

Ended all his craft and cunning,

Ended all his mischief-making,

All his gambling and his dancing,

All his wooing of the maidens.

Then the noble Hiawatha

Took his soul, his ghost, his shadow,

Spake and said: "O Pau-Puk-Keewis!

Never more in human figure

Shall you search for new adventures;

Never more with jest and laughter

Dance the dust and leaves in whirlwinds;

But above there in the heavens

You shall soar and sail in circles;

I will change you to an eagle,

To Keneu, the great War-Eagle,