Little Hiawatha

A short story about little indian. Very funny!

[@FlaminBeast]

So true. I watch this so often with my boyfriend and I always get teary eyed and yell "please don't be mean to the bunny!"

[@SilverWolf866]

Me and my mom are HUGE fans of Little Hiawatha....especially my mom, this was always her favorite little cartoon of all time. :)

[@Theagchm]

42 years ago I first saw this short film. It feels almost the same now as it did then (I am not quite so scared of the bear but the baby rabbit still gets me). I just love it and it is a memory that has alway stayed with me. Many thanks for uploading it and many thanks to the primary school teacher that had to load the film reel into the projector to play it (I am embarrassed to say I don't remember her name). No DVD or computer. Simpler times, simpler pleasures.

[@tbosnyak]

This was my favorite cartoon as a child. I am so happy to have found it and to be able to watch it again as an adult :-)

[@Twilight1317]

Moral of the story: BUY A BELT!!!

[@atgunchev]

Hehe love how he sails away with arms crossed on chest in pride :)

[@inotaishu1]

How can anybody not like that little cartoon? That story is so universal: a little boy thinking he is the big man and everything he does proves that he is only a little boy Who cannot relate to that?

[@starsoverthere]

I remember watching this as a child, I loved it!

[@NeverLetMeeGox3]

i used to watch this all the time!!! they played this at the Disney resorts!... nothing beats the classics

[@Raphaelus13]

The memories! I've been wanting for a while to watch this again. thank you :)

[@dagnytheartist]

Someone get the poor kid a belt

[@maragonzales6173]

the rabbits are soooo cute too!!

[@Stephen10528]

That mother bear resembles a bear in a Mickey Mouse cartoon.

[@StopBSing]

I watched this 3 times in a row with my nephew today and im sure when he comes over again he will be asking for it,lol.Thanks for posting.

[@andrewasaro9596]

Is it just me, or are those the same animals from Snow White? But only more simplistic designs? Speaking of Snow White, the studio had enough financial issues funding that movie. Wouldn't they have saved money if they didn't make cartoons on the side?

[@noneofyourbusiness1936]

Classic cartoon. Soooo cute!

[@sweetnymphetamines]

4:33 cutest bunny ever :3

[@ghostamations2374]

I remember seeing this in my hotel in Disney World when I was a little kid. It's a cute cartoon, I'm glad to have found it again. Do they still do that, by the way? I mean, show their old cartoons on the hotel TVs in Disney World?

[@HenriekeG]

I'm so glad I finally found this! I always wanted to see the cartoon the character came from. (Hiawatha often appears in the Dutch Disney weekly) Thanks a lot for posting :)

[@snipergirl21]

Thank you for posting this up. It was one of my favourites when I was little!

[@Outlaw88]

Man..Disney sure loved the pants drop gag didn't he? In all honesty this was one of my favorites as a kid. Good to see it again.

[@ztslovebird]

AAAAWWWWWW, Little Hiawatha fell victim to the Big Bunny Eyes!!! Cuteness can not kill fellow cuteness!!!

[@tikkeltje]

love him giving the rabbit a bow, reflects the way humans think.

[@thirteenbunnies]

Oh how I love the scared bunny. I have a picture of him on my wall. Thank you for posting this!

[@sakuralba]

thanks for posting this, when i was little i watched this all the time but when i moved i couldn't figure out what it was called and then i accidentally came upon this and i was so happy.

[@burrage7]

The animation for this beautiful little film was done by Charles Thorson. He also wrote and did the illustrations for a book, 'Keeko'. There is a book over his work called, 'Cartoon Charlie' by Gene Walz.

[@xemopengyx]

That rabbit is the cuuuutest!

[@teejaynumber13]

It's often more effective to ask people to forget then it is to ask the victims to forgive.

[@AnnaLeBananaFace]

This was always my favorite silly symphony.

[@yamiyugifangirl]

oh my gosh that short was so cute xDD

[@Stephen10528]

How rude of him to sail off w/out waving goodbye to his friends! In a children's book I had as a kid, telling this story, he does wave goodbye &, of course, so do they!

[@ChavaShank]

I remember this!!!!! THANK YOU FOR POSTING IT!!!!!!!!! It brought back so many happy memories! ;-)

[@jojothemojo]

Thanks for uploading this!!!

[@CD122344]

Gorgeous animation along with "The Old Mill" both produced in 1937 were probably precursors to Snow White also produced in 1937. If you haven't seen it yet, look at the Old Mill - an incredible piece of animation and an Academy Award winner as well.

[@wanagi006]

just precious!! thanx for sharing this .

[@Disneyfan82]

When I was little, I almost got teary-eyed when Hiawatha started shedding tears from having second thoughts about shooting the arrow at the baby bunny. I didn't understand myself at that time.

[@2288Elisa]

...and this was the very first version of brother bear^^ love it! ^_^

[@ashisharyal64]

i cant be young again, but i can watch this!!

[@AquaAubrey]

this was my favorite cartoon growing up :]

[@Lisapancakes]

How to make someone vegetarian 101 *make them watch this clip 3:50 - 5:00 *

[@nato-usa-europerulesandwin6111]

I remember this cartoon, i was 5yo!! :)

[@jennifersullivan4962]

Haven't seen this in yeeeeaaarrrsss

[@rickylorens]

oh my God, these little characters are beautiful!!!! Please come back! :)

[@traveler317]

oh wow this brings back memories when i was lil. thanks!

[@raymondmartinez276]

Awesome cartoon

[@Cloverkitty]

I remember when these came on /the/ Disney channel before I went to school. Good times. :)

[@HarvestMoo]

Heehee! His pants are to big for his wee rump. :P .. I laughed when the cricket spit in his face. xD ... The bunny! ... The bear cub! This video is too cute.

[@dave474c]

Hiawatha was always my favorite when I was a kid.

[@shadowmindset]

i'm sure i seen bambi and thumper in there too lol

[@supermandisco]

Classic, thanks for uploading.

[@alinemerrow]

these short Disney wordless cartoons were my absolute favourites, I had a tape with a collection of them, but I lost it... Now I found most of them here, what a joy! God bless KZbin c:

[@geniusartsandartists8325]

nice - one of the best.

[@misyweis]

I just bought an Indian doll for my granddaughter. I'm naming her Mimihaha. My name as grandmother is MIMI. My grandmother recited the Song of Hiawatha to me all through my childhood. I truly believe I was Cherokee in a former life. I'm sending a tom-tom to my grandson and naming the Indian portrayed on it Hiawatha. Minnehaha was Hiawatha's love.

[@silvar68]

I love the poem in which this video was inspired...I dont think its inrespectful at all. Beautiful images, delicious music and sound...its exciting and brings back good old times

[@hollieabnormalxD]

I really enjoyed this. Thanks x

[@Arsaja]

This was fun and beautifully made, but the constant pants-falling-off joke was just an overkill...

[@ashdragon1]

Arsaja Perhaps he was hunting for a belt : )

[@h-factortillis4159]

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[@gradgurl2007]

The beginning is from the poem "Little Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

[@katandann]

Hehe! It was killing me I couldn't think of the name of this cartoon! But I specifically remembered the boat and water and finally it came to my head! Little Hiawatha! I used to laugh about his butt when this was paired with a Pocahontas VHS. Good times, lol.

[@honeycomb97]

OMG I used to watch it all the time, because it was at the end of this vhs tape me and my sister had

[@indiolaiche]

Beautiful artistry!

[@JA268]

The animals are SO cute!

[@acla9000]

Cuteness from the beginning to the end.

[@Disneysongsaregreat]

omg his pants keep falling off. still he is cute

[@pinkweaselgirl]

the animation is great!

[@videotimesss1]

This is great, Thank you!

[@wednesday88835]

Stunning animation.

[@macrosense]

in my city...many of the local youths run around with their pants falling down, trying to shoot each other. Disney was ahead of his time.

[@56bluegold]

Very Good !

[@lynxvex]

I had the same book (he was trying to catch a big fish with a rope). so nostalgic!

[@vstacey74]

Just got this as a book from the little golden books and had to look it up. So very cute. My three kids really liked it.

[@Maxie0000007]

i remember watching this in my disney hotel...

[@ruthiehenshallfan99]

Considering Snow White, how did Disney have the money?

[@Wisprsinthedrk]

Dang.......somebody get that kid a belt! Great vid 5/5

[@Atreus21]

man, that bear wanted him bad.

[@Ctomfly1]

The problem with your example is that it would be a highly accurate depiction.

[@itsdeeds7]

so effin cute!

[@tjhammellyrianasari4259]

omg this is so cute!

[@Supawo]

I remember this from when i was a little kid. Sweeet memories.

[@Disneysongsaregreat]

I know. Old Cartoons are more realistic and cute.

[@MissHyuuga000]

Aaaaw I remember this >u

[@jedidiahananrabarison5804]

This is cute not minions in despicable me

[@wabinbabin]

he pulled a bow and arrow out of his pants. poor little bunny

[@systemoperator]

Dis was also on Walt Disney Cartoon Classics: vol.13: Silly Symphonies - Facible Fables, which had same Great Mouse Detective trailer Alice in Wonderland had.

[@LaurenticAspie]

It's kinda ironic that I happened across this video a couple of days ago just when I was copying the Finnish translation of The Song of Hiawatha to my computer. Old as it is (98 years & only one edition was ever made), the Finnish translation is, in a poetic sense, a "return" translation. It was, after all, the German translation of the Finnish national epic Kalevala where Longfellow borrowed trochaic tetrameter from.

[@hellreza]

i love this cartoon i'm native american and i love the stereo types

[@jprh01281]

Thank you for download this cartoon I enjoy some much again. I see was a long time ago and I like some much. Thank you very much.

[@dianaw10]

wow tht deer is relly cute

[@mejesse007]

hahahaha that beavers by the end

[@Cheekfats]

i wonder if that cute bunny grown up to be the mighty bugs bunny we know today LOL hesss so cute, who could be so heartless to shooot that cutie

[@anaranda16]

you have completely right

[@mrtalkative91]

haha this was on all the time when i was at Disney World like 2 years ago, on that channel that plays all old disney cartoons

[@10INTM]

Show the rabbit scene to a girl...priceless reaction!

[@Tamaracoolgirl]

i love the little animals

[@MDthornton83]

Cute cartoon.

[@MrTjahbagoes]

LOVE IT

[@sailorwin]

ahhh...nostalgic :)

[@pkp1010]

lol he just pulled an arrow and a bow out of his pants

[@hwarangoo]

Little hiawatha isnt actually all that old to me theres new comics about him almost weekly where I live!

[@JackAlexandrine]

Cuuuuute!

[@Jal8919536]

I noticed the decline began in 1995 around the release of, ironically, "Pocahontas".