Henry W. Longfellow publishes The Song of Hiawatha. Although the poet never visited Minnesota, his poem depicts locations such as Minnehaha Falls (Mni Haha in the Dakota language) and inspired some of the state's Ojibwe place names, including Bena, Nushka, Osseo (Waaseyaa), Ponemah (Baanimaa), and Wabasso (Waabooz).