the hunter (Chapter 041)

Family: Indian village · Role: father and hunter · First appears: Infant Nursed By Bears

In “Infant Nursed By Bears,” the hunter set out from an Indian village with his wife and child, and later lived in the same place with his older son. After his wife died, he buried her and abandoned the infant in a hollow tree. The infant later joined him and his older son, and was content to remain with his father and brother.

When the two boys told the hunter they were going west to kill the great beasts, he returned home and told his story; the warriors then set out after them.

Relationship record

Life events

• The hunter buried his wife and abandoned the infant in a hollow tree.(Infant Nursed By Bears)
  • With: the infant (Chapter 041)
  • “Then the hunter buried his wife and threw the infant into the hollow tree.”
• The infant left the tree and joined the hunter and his older son.(Infant Nursed By Bears)
  • With: the infant (Chapter 041) the hunter's older son (Chapter 041)
  • “the child was happy and contented to remain with his father and brother.”
• The two children set out for the far west to kill the great beasts.(Infant Nursed By Bears · 📍 the far west)
  • With: the infant (Chapter 041) the hunter's older son (Chapter 041)
  • “Finally, they told their father they were going to the far west to kill the great beasts which were harming the human race.”
• The hunter returned to his home and told his story, prompting warriors to set out after the boys.(Infant Nursed By Bears)
  • “So he went home and told his story, and the warriors started out”

Infant Nursed By Bears

• married with the hunter's wife (Chapter 041) “A man and his wife and child went off hunting from an Indian village and encamped a long way from home.”
• child: the hunter's older son (Chapter 041) “After this the hunter had better luck, and continued to live in the same place with his little boy.”
• child: the infant (Chapter 041) “A man and his wife and child went off hunting from an Indian village and encamped a long way from home.”

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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Iroquois. Made with Rho MD.