the elder sister (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend)

First appears: Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2

In “Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2,” the elder sister was surly toward Bosh-kwa-dosh, while her younger sister welcomed him and admired the dog. When the elder sister held the missing heel bone in her mouth, Bosh-kwa-dosh seized it, tearing away her cheek as he fled.

Relationship record

Life events

• Bosh-kwa-dosh recovered the missing heel bone from the elder sister, tearing away her cheek as he seized it.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2)
  • With: Bosh-kwa-dosh the younger sister (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend)
  • “At last she held it in such a manner that it made her cheek stick out, when the dog, by a quick spring, seized the cheek, and tore cheek and bone away and fled.”

Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2

• enemies with Bosh-kwa-dosh (The elder sister repels the dog, and the dog attacks her.) “At last she held it in such a manner that it made her cheek stick out, when the dog, by a quick spring, seized the cheek, and tore cheek and bone away and fled.”
• siblings with the younger sister (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend) “The younger sister was pleased to see him, and admired and patted the pretty dog, but the elder sat mumbling the very heel-bone he was seeking, and was surly and sour, and repelled the dog, although he looked most wistfully up in her face, while she sucked the bone from one side of her mouth to the other.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.