the baby (Tale 25)

Family: Arikara · Role: child · First appears: Tale 25 · The End of the Elk Power · Part 1

One day, the wife of the eldest brother (Tale 25) disappeared, leaving the baby (Tale 25) crying on the ground beside her tools. the eldest brother (Tale 25) tried to comfort the hungry baby with deer brain broth, which quieted him only briefly.

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 eldest brother (Tale 25) the wife of the eldest brother (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.”

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

• parent: the eldest brother (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.”
• parent: the wife of the eldest brother (Tale 25) (The passage identifies her as the baby's mother through the surrounding account of the wife and child.) “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.”

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