Yellow-Calf's youngest brother (Tale 47)

Family: Arikara · Role: Yellow-Calf's youngest brother · First appears: Tale 47 · The Deeds of Young-Eagle · Part 1

In Part 1 of “The Deeds of Young-Eagle,” Young-Eagle instructed Yellow-Calf (Tale 47 girl) to tell her youngest brother to prepare buffalo intestines and bones for his return from the war-party, and to recognize his approach by the whistling of a young eagle. Yellow-Calf (Tale 47 girl) warned her brother to do as Young-Eagle said.

In Part 2, the next day, Young-Eagle gave him ponies brought from the enemy village to distribute among the people. After killing an enemy warrior, Young-Eagle also gave him the warrior’s scalp to pass to the war-party leader.

Relationship record

Life events

• Young-Eagle instructed Yellow-Calf’s youngest brother to prepare buffalo intestines and bones for his return from the war-party.(Tale 47 · The Deeds of Young-Eagle · Part 1)
  • With: Young-Eagle
  • “He told the girl to tell her youngest brother that when the party should be out three days he should get some long intestines from the buffalo that the warriors would kill, and also some bones; these he should put in the fire; and that in the night he would hear the whistling of a young eagle, and he must know that it was his brother-in-law coming.”
• Young-Eagle brings ponies from the enemy village and gives them to his brother-in-law to distribute.(Tale 47 · The Deeds of Young-Eagle · Part 2)
  • With: Young-Eagle
  • “Young-Eagle gave him all the ponies and told him to divide them among the people.”
• Young-Eagle kills enemy warriors and gives their scalps to his brother-in-law for the war-party leader.(Tale 47 · The Deeds of Young-Eagle · Part 2)
  • With: Young-Eagle
  • “He killed one man, took his scalp, and gave it to his brother-in-law, who in turn gave it to the leader of the war-party.”

Tale 47 · The Deeds of Young-Eagle · Part 1

• siblings with Yellow-Calf (Tale 47 girl) “He told the girl to tell her youngest brother that when the party should be out three days he should get some long intestines from the buffalo that the warriors would kill, and also some bones; these he should put in the fire; and that in the night he would hear the whistling of a young eagle, and he must know that it was his brother-in-law coming.”
• with Young-Eagle (The boy is identified as Young-Eagle's brother-in-law; no dedicated in-law relation is available in the controlled vocabulary.) “But the girl said, ‘Brother, watch out, and when he comes, do as he tells you, for he is wonderful.’”

Tale 47 · The Deeds of Young-Eagle · Part 2

• with Young-Eagle (They are explicitly identified as brothers-in-law.) “He went out, and sure enough, there was his brother-in-law.”

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