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Fairly certain that the name and logo are both derived from the "little Hiawatha" comics.[1] It seems they never really took off in the states, but they're fairly common in the weekly Donald Duck cartoons, at in the Netherlands when I was young.

[1]: http://www.toonopedia.com/hiawatha.htm




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