the boy's father (The Bear Man)

Family: Pawnee · Role: father of the boy · First appears: The Bear Man

Before the boy was born, his father went on the warpath and left his mother alone at home. He found a bear cub, tied medicine and tobacco around its neck, and prayed for its care, calling it “child” and saying that Ti-ra´-wa had made and cared for it. When the boy was born, he “had all the ways of a bear.” Later, when the boy returned to the village, his father was “very much surprised, and very glad to see him again.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The boy's father found a bear cub, tied medicine and tobacco around its neck, and prayed for its care.(The Bear Man)
  • With: the he bear
  • “After he had thought about this for a while, he put a string around its neck and tied some medicine smoking stuff, Indian tobacco, to it, and said, “Pi-rau´--child, you are a Nahu´rac; Ti-ra´-wa made you, and takes care of you.”
• The boy was born with the ways of a bear.(The Bear Man)
  • With: the boy (The Bear Man) the boy's mother (The Bear Man)
  • “When his child was born it had all the ways of a bear.”
• The boy returned to the village, where his father was surprised and glad to see him.(The Bear Man · 📍 the village)
  • With: the boy (The Bear Man)
  • “The man went into the village, and his father was very much surprised, and very glad to see him again.”

The Bear Man

• child: the boy (The Bear Man) “Now, it had happened that before this boy was born his mother had been left alone at home, for his father had gone on the warpath toward the enemy, and this was about five or six months before the babe would be born.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.