Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1861, e rua tau i mua i te tuhi i tēnei whitiāhua, ka raru te rangimarie whaiaro o Longfellow i te wa i tahuna ai tana wahine tuarua o nga tau 18, i tino pono ia ki a ia, i roto i te ahi ohorere. Kātahi i te tau 1863, i te wā o te Pakanga ā-Iwi o Amerika, ka uru te tama matamua a Longfellow, a Charles Appleton Longfellow, ki te ope taua o te Uniana, kāore i manaakitia e tōna pāpā. I whakamohio a Longfellow i roto i te reta o te Maehe 14, 1863, i muri i te wehenga atu o Charles. "Kua tino whakamatau ahau ki te ātete i te whakamatautauranga o te haere me te kore o koutou whakaaetanga, engari e kore e taea e ahau ake", ka tuhituhi ia. "Kei te whakaaro ahau ko taku mahi tuatahi ko te mahi i nga mea e taea ana e au mo toku whenua, a ka tuku ahau i toku ora mo taua mea, ki te mea he pai". Kaore i roa ka tohua a Charles hei kaitiaki engari, i te marama o Noema, i whara kino ia i te
Ko te Pakanga o Mine Run. I te mutunga ka ora ake a Charles, engari kua mutu tana wā hei hoia.