the Head Chief (The Dun Horse)

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

In The Dun Horse, the Head Chief of the Pawnees has a daughter and, after hearing of the spotted calf, orders his crier to announce that whoever kills it may marry her. Later, the boy marries the Chief’s daughter; when the boy grows older, he is made Head Chief himself.

Relationship record

Life events

• The boy charged the Sioux and killed their Head Chief and three of their bravest warriors.(The Dun Horse · Part 1)
  • With: the boy (The Dun Horse)
  • “And he counted coup on the Chief, and killed him, and then rode back. After that he charged again among the Sioux, where they were gathered thickest, and counted coup on their bravest warrior, and killed him. And then twice more, until he had gone four times as the horse had told him.”
• The boy became Head Chief.(The Dun Horse · Part 2)
  • With: the boy (The Dun Horse)
  • “and when he became older, he was made Head Chief himself.”

The Dun Horse · Part 1

• child: the daughter (The Dun Horse) “The Head Chief of the Pawnees had a very beautiful daughter, and when he heard about the spotted calf, he ordered his old crier to go about through the village, and call out that the man who killed the spotted calf should have his daughter for his wife.”

The Dun Horse · Part 2

• child: the daughter (The Dun Horse) “Now the boy was rich, and he married the beautiful daughter of the Head Chief, and when he became older, he was made Head Chief himself.”

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