Hemlock Bows's wife (Chapter 047)

Role: wife and mother · First appears: The Hunter And His Faithless Wife

One day, Hemlock Bows and his wife had a son, whom his father was fond of; three years later, they had a daughter. After the birth of her second child, she “seemed to care no more for her husband.” Later, Hemlock Bows discovered her meeting and kissing another man.

She beat Hemlock Bows, put boy (Chapter 047) and little girl (Chapter 047) out in the cold and snow, burned down the cabin, and left. Some time afterward, they heard she was going to marry another man. The boy rescued his father, sister, and dog, then set fire to the cabin where his mother was; she died inside.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hemlock Bows's wife stopped caring for her husband.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
  • With: Hemlock Bows
  • “After the birth of her second child the wife seemed to care no more for her husband.”
• Hemlock Bows discovered his wife meeting and kissing another man.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
  • With: Hemlock Bows
  • “A very nice-looking man came out of the tree to meet her. He wore a turban filled with bright feathers. He went up to her and kissed her, and seemed very much delighted to see her.”
• Hemlock Bows's wife drove out the children, burned their cabin, and left.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
  • With: Hemlock Bows boy (Chapter 047) little girl (Chapter 047)
  • “She was very angry, and took a club and beat her husband till he could not see. Then she went home, put the boy and girl out in the cold and snow, and then set fire to the cabin and burned it down and went off.”
• Hemlock Bows's wife was to marry another man.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
  • “Some time after this they heard that the boy's mother was going to be married to another man.”
• The boy rescued his father, sister, and dog, then burned his mother to death.(The Hunter And His Faithless Wife)
  • With: boy (Chapter 047) Hemlock Bows little girl (Chapter 047)
  • “He got his father, sister, and dog away, and then went back and set fire to the cabin his mother was in. It burned so fast that she could not get out and she died.”

The Hunter And His Faithless Wife

• married with Hemlock Bows “After the birth of her second child the wife seemed to care no more for her husband.”
• child: boy (Chapter 047) “One day a boy was born unto him; the father was very fond of him and he planted a few hills of corn and beans, but they lived mostly on meat.”
• child: little girl (Chapter 047) “After three years more a little girl was born.”

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Extracted from the original text of Myths of the Iroquois. Made with Rho MD.