the large black bear (Bosh-kwa-dosh legend)

Role: the man's competitor · First appears: Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1

In “Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1,” the large black bear competed with Anish-in-á-ba, who outran him and won the race, leaving him exhausted and lolling out his tongue. At the goal, the Mudjékewis, the king's son dispatched the bear with his war-club.

Relationship record

Life events

• Anish-in-á-ba outran the large black bear and won the race.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1)
  • With: Anish-in-á-ba
  • “with the speed of this bird he outwent his rival, and won the race, while the bear came up exhausted and lolling out his tongue.”
• Mudjékewis dispatched the large black bear with his war-club.(Bosh-kwa-dosh; or, the Mastodon · Part 1)
  • With: the Mudjékewis, the king's son
  • “His friend the Mudjékewis stood ready, with his war-club, at the goal, and the moment the bear came up, dispatched him.”

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

• enemies with Anish-in-á-ba “The animal outran him, tore up the ground, and sported before him, and put out its large claws as if to frighten him.”
• enemies with the Mudjékewis, the king's son “His friend the Mudjékewis stood ready, with his war-club, at the goal, and the moment the bear came up, dispatched him.”

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