the old woman who befriended the warriors (Tale 76)

Family: Arikara · Role: warriors’ grandmother and helper · First appears: Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors

In Tale 76, the old woman befriended the first of the two boys (Tale 76) and the second of the two boys (Tale 76), feeding them and directing them to the enemy. When they returned to her on another war-path, she fed and guided them again; they killed enemies and brought home scalps.

After she disappeared, the boys searched for her and found her in a cliff in the Bad Lands. She later left the Bad Lands to dwell in the lakes, and the people gave her blankets, tobacco, and other things.

Relationship record

Life events

• The old woman fed the boys and directed them to the enemy.(Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors)
  • With: the first of the two boys (Tale 76) the second of the two boys (Tale 76)
  • “They went in and found an old woman, who was glad to see them. She gave them something to eat. She told them where to go.”
• The old woman fed and guided the boys, who killed enemies and brought home scalps.(Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors)
  • With: the first of the two boys (Tale 76) the second of the two boys (Tale 76)
  • “Again they went on the war-path. They visited the old woman’s place again, and she fed them. After they had eaten she told them where to go to find the enemy. They went and found the enemy. They killed the enemy and took scalps home.”
• After disappearing, the old woman was found by the boys in a cliff in the Bad Lands.(Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors · 📍 the Bad Lands)
  • “The two boys hunted for her, and at last found her in the side of a cliff in the Bad Lands.”
• The old woman left the Bad Lands and went to dwell in the lakes.(Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors · 📍 the lakes)
  • “It was found out afterwards that this was the same old woman who had lived upon the Missouri River, and she had gone away from the people and had gone to the Bad Lands; and when she was found out there she went off to dwell in the lakes.”
• The people gave the old woman blankets, tobacco, and other things.(Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors)
  • “The people used to give the old woman blankets, tobacco, and other things.”

Tale 76 · The Woman Who Befriended the Warriors

• younger kin: the first of the two boys (Tale 76) “They found that these two young men had a grandmother, who was helping them.”
• younger kin: the second of the two boys (Tale 76) “They found that these two young men had a grandmother, who was helping them.”

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