The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends

one of the king's daughters (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend)

Role: daughter of the king · First appears: Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1

In Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1, the king gave one of his daughters in marriage to Anish-in-á-ba. In Part 2, she found her husband’s secret belt in the morning, where he had last rested, and released Bosh-kwa-dosh from it; he grew into a dog and ran off.

Relationship record

Life events

  • The king gave one of his daughters to Anish-in-á-ba.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1)
  • Anish-in-á-ba's wife, the king's daughter, found the secret belt on the spot where her husband had last rested.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2)
    • “and in the morning she carefully scanned the place, and running her fingers through the grass, she discovered the secret belt, on the spot where her husband had last reposed.”
  • Anish-in-á-ba's wife released Bosh-kwa-dosh from the belt, and he grew into a dog and ran off.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 2)
    • With: Bosh-kwa-dosh
    • “when she had carefully ripped the seams, she beheld, to her surprise, a minute, naked little beast, smaller than the smallest new-born mouse, without any vestige of hair, except at the tip of its tail; it could crawl a few inches, but reposed from fatigue. It then went forward again.”

Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1

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

  • married with Anish-in-á-ba “The Mudjékewis bemoaned his fate, but his wife was inconsolable.”

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