the old woman (The Dun Horse)

Family: Pawnee · Role: grandmother · First appears: The Dun Horse · Part 1

In The Dun Horse, the old woman lived among the Pawnee with her grandson, a boy about sixteen. In Part 1, she and the boy took an abandoned dun horse to carry their pack; she put her pack on the horse and drove him along, though he limped and could go only slowly. In Part 2, the boy cared for his grandmother in his lodge until she died.

Relationship record

Life events

• The boy and the old woman took the abandoned dun horse to carry their pack.(The Dun Horse · Part 1)
  • With: the boy (The Dun Horse) the dun horse
  • “So the old woman put her pack on the horse, and drove him along, but he limped and could only go very slowly.”
• The boy's grandmother died after he cared for her in his lodge.(The Dun Horse · Part 2)
  • With: the boy (The Dun Horse)
  • “He always took good care of his old grandmother, and kept her in his own lodge until she died.”

The Dun Horse · Part 1

• younger kin: the boy (The Dun Horse) “Many years ago, there lived in the Pawnee tribe an old woman and her grandson, a boy about sixteen years old.”

The Dun Horse · Part 2

• younger kin: the boy (The Dun Horse) “He always took good care of his old grandmother, and kept her in his own lodge until she died.”

Also listed in Pawnee — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.