the daughter of the chief of the first town (Red Swan legend)

Role: daughter · First appears: The Red Swan · Part 2

In The Red Swan · Part 2, the chief’s daughter married Odjibwa after dark, though he had not wished to marry and found the warm welcome strange. In The Red Swan · Part 5, her father told her to be ready to go with Odjibwa in the morning; a Maujeekewis of the first town (Red Swan), who had hoped to marry her, threatened to kill him but sat down when someone held him back.

Relationship record

Life events

• Odjibwa was married to the chief's daughter without wishing it.(The Red Swan · Part 2)
  • With: Odjibwa
  • “The young man thought it strange that he should be so warmly received, and married instantly, without his wishing it, although the young girl was pretty.”
• The chief tells his daughter to go with Odjibwa.(The Red Swan · Part 5)
  • With: the chief of the first town (Red Swan legend) Odjibwa
  • “Daughter, be ready to go with him in the morning.”
• In the first town, a Maujeekewis of that town (not Odjibwa's brother), who had hoped to marry the chief's daughter, threatened to kill Odjibwa, but sat down as soon as someone held him back.(The Red Swan · Part 5)
  • With: a Maujeekewis of the first town (Red Swan legend) Odjibwa
  • “Who is he (meaning the young man), that he should take her for a few presents. I will kill him,”

The Red Swan · Part 2

• married with Odjibwa “‘Daughter,’ said the chief, after dark, ‘take our son-in-law's moccasins, and see if they be torn; if so, mend them for him, and bring in his bundle.’ The young man thought it strange that he should be so warmly received, and married instantly, without his wishing it, although the young girl was pretty.”

The Red Swan · Part 4

• parent: the chief of the first town (Red Swan legend) “‘Sit down there, son-in-law,’ said the chief, pointing to a place near his daughter.”

The Red Swan · Part 5

• parent: the chief of the first town (Red Swan legend) “The chief's daughter then only stole a glance at the present, then at Odjibwa and his beautiful wife; she stopped working, and remained silent and thoughtful all the evening.”
• admirer: a Maujeekewis of the first town (Red Swan legend) “There was a Maujeekewis in the lodge, who thought to have got the young woman to wife;”

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Extracted from the original text of The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends. Made with Rho MD.