Kayoshk

Also known as: the sea-gull / the sea-gulls · First appears: VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing

In VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing, Hiawatha asked the sea-gulls to widen the openings in Nahma’s body and free him, promising to honor them. They opened the way and released him, and Hiawatha named them Kayoshk, the Noble Scratchers.

In XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis, Kayoshk called for a message to be sent to Hiawatha, warning that Pau-Puk-Keewis was “slaying us by hundreds”.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hiawatha asked the sea-gulls to widen the openings and free him, promising to honor them.(VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “O ye sea-gulls! O my brothers! I have slain the sturgeon, Nahma; Make the rifts a little larger, With your claws the openings widen, Set me free from this dark prison, And henceforward and forever Men shall speak of your achievements, Calling you Kayoshk, the sea-gulls, Yes, Kayoshk, the Noble Scratchers!”
• The sea-gulls widened the openings and released Hiawatha from Nahma’s body.(VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “And the wild and clamorous sea-gulls Toiled with beak and claws together, Made the rifts and openings wider In the mighty ribs of Nahma, And from peril and from prison, From the body of the sturgeon, From the peril of the water, They released my Hiawatha.”
• Hiawatha named the sea-gulls Kayoshk, the Noble Scratchers.(VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “Calling you Kayoshk, the sea-gulls, Yes, Kayoshk, the Noble Scratchers!”
• Kayoshk called for a message to be sent to Hiawatha about Pau-Puk-Keewis killing the birds.(XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis · 📍 the Gitche Gumee)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “It is Pau-Puk-Keewis! He is slaying us by hundreds! Send a message to our brother, Tidings send to Hiawatha!”

VIII · Hiawatha’s Fishing

• recipient: Hiawatha “And from peril and from prison, From the body of the sturgeon, From the peril of the water, They released my Hiawatha.”

XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis

• enemies with Pau-Puk-Keewis “Shouted: ‘It is Pau-Puk-Keewis! He is slaying us by hundreds! Send a message to our brother, Tidings send to Hiawatha!’”

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Extracted from the original text of The Song of Hiawatha. Made with Rho MD.