White Feather

Also known as: Tau-Wau-Chee-Hezkaw / Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw · Role: grandson raised by an old man in the forest · First appears: Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1

In Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1, White Feather was taken in as an infant and raised by the grandfather of White Feather, who gave him a bow and arrows when he could play about. A voice-spirit told him to seek a white feather and hunting gear in a dream, then revealed his grandfather’s deception and gave him an enchanted vine to avenge his relations. After finding the promised articles, he set out to seek his enemies.

In Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2, White Feather defeated the first five giants, but on the sixth morning the sixth giant (White Feather legend) broke his back and changed him into a dog, taking his white feather as a trophy. In Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 3, the feather was placed on his head and he regained his speech. He produced flocks of pigeons, and buffalo-skin shreds grew into a herd; he then set out into the forest with the younger sister (White Feather legend), his wife.