the buffalo king (Aggodagauda and his Daughter legend)

Role: chief or king · First appears: Aggodagauda and his Daughter

In “Aggodagauda and his Daughter,” the buffalo king is Aggodagauda’s great enemy. One fine morning, he seized Aggodagauda’s daughter by her hair as she sat on the lodge roof and carried her to his village. At last she pretended to fetch him water and escaped.

The buffalo king later rode out with his followers, but a band of hunters led by the father-in-law of Aggodagauda attacked them with arrows. Many fell; the king fled west and never appeared in that part of the country again.

Relationship record

Life events

• The buffalo king abducts Aggodagauda’s daughter from the roof and carries her to his village.(Aggodagauda and his Daughter)
  • With: the daughter of Aggodagauda
  • “She had gone out on the top of the house, and sat combing her long and beautiful hair, on the eaves of the lodge, when the buffalo king, coming suddenly by, caught her glossy hair, and winding it about his horns, tossed her on to his shoulders, swept off in an opposite direction to his village.”
• Aggodagauda’s daughter pretends to fetch the buffalo king water, then escapes.(Aggodagauda and his Daughter)
  • With: the daughter of Aggodagauda
  • “At last he went out with his followers, but nothing could be seen or heard of the captive daughter.”
• The father-in-law of Aggodagauda leads hunters in an arrow attack on the buffalo king’s party.(Aggodagauda and his Daughter)
  • With: the father-in-law of Aggodagauda
  • “They sallied out in the plains, but had not gone far, by the light of the moon, when a party of hunters, headed by the father-in-law of Aggodagauda, set up their yells in their rear, and a shower of arrows was poured in upon them.”
• The buffalo king flees west and never appears in that part of the country again.(Aggodagauda and his Daughter)
  • “Many of their numbers fell, but the king being stronger and swifter than the rest, fled toward the west, and never again appeared in that part of the country.”

Aggodagauda and his Daughter

• enemies with Aggodagauda “But he had a great enemy in the chief or king of the buffaloes, who frequently passed over the plains with the force of a tempest.”
• enemies with the daughter of Aggodagauda “She had gone out on the top of the house, and sat combing her long and beautiful hair, on the eaves of the lodge, when the buffalo king, coming suddenly by, caught her glossy hair, and winding it about his horns, tossed her on to his shoulders, swept off in an opposite direction to his village.”
• admired: the daughter of Aggodagauda “My sweetheart--my bosom is true, You only--it is you that I love.”
• enemies with the father-in-law of Aggodagauda “They sallied out in the plains, but had not gone far, by the light of the moon, when a party of hunters, headed by the father-in-law of Aggodagauda, set up their yells in their rear, and a shower of arrows was poured in upon them.”

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