the eldest brother (Tale 25)

Family: Arikara · Role: eldest brother, married man and father · First appears: Tale 25 · The End of the Elk Power · Part 1

In Tale 25, the eldest brother is one of four strong young brothers, alongside Pretty-Voice, the third brother (Tale 25) and the fourth brother (Tale 25). He alone is married, with a wife and a baby. When his wife disappears one day, the baby is left behind crying; he tries to comfort the child with deer brain broth, which quiets him only briefly.

Before sunrise, the Elk tells Pretty-Voice that the eldest brother’s wife is alive and captured by a Bear, who has already captured three other women: “I will help you.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The eldest brother's wife disappeared, leaving the baby behind.(Tale 25 · The End of the Elk Power · Part 1)
  • With: the wife of the eldest brother (Tale 25) the baby (Tale 25)
  • “The wife of the eldest brother was missing. They looked all around. There was no sign of the woman. The baby was found on the ground, crying, and the tools which the woman had used were there, but the woman was gone.”
• The Elk revealed that the Bear had captured the eldest brother's wife and promised to help.(Tale 25 · The End of the Elk Power · Part 1)
  • With: Pretty-Voice the wife of the eldest brother (Tale 25)
  • “I will help you. First, I will say that your brother’s wife is alive, but captured by a Bear who has already captured three other women.”

Tale 25 · The End of the Elk Power · Part 1

• siblings with Pretty-Voice (The eldest brother and Pretty-Voice are among the four brothers.) “There were once four strong young brothers. Only the oldest one was married.”
• siblings with the third brother (Tale 25) (The third brother is one of the four brothers.) “There were once four strong young brothers. Only the oldest one was married.”
• siblings with the fourth brother (Tale 25) (The fourth brother is one of the four brothers.) “There were once four strong young brothers. Only the oldest one was married.”
• married with the wife of the eldest brother (Tale 25) “Only the oldest one was married. He had a wife and child.”
• child: the baby (Tale 25) “The baby was hungry and cried so piteously that it brought tears to his father’s and uncles’ eyes. The father tried to comfort him by feeding him deer brain broth, which would quiet him for only a little time.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.