“Down the stream and through the canyon, Down the rushing Tahquamenon, Sailing through its bends and windings, sailing through its deeps and shadows, came the little Hiawatha.” These are the first words spoken in the narration of the 1937 Silly Symphony about the little Native-American boy Little Hiawatha, a story Walt Disney considered making into a feature film at one point. In his own mind, Hiawatha is all set to be a brave warrior. Poised and ready with his bow and arrow, the little boy soon realizes that he doesn’t have it in him to shoot animals. His good heart pays off when the woodland creatures come to his rescue after he encounters an angry bear.
