Other Figures — Minor Figures

80 figures from Traditions of the Arikara who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

the Snake who escaped and became the boy’s enemy (Tale 14)

enemy · first appears Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 4

Tale 14 · The Girl Who Married a Star · Part 4 · enemies with the boy (Tale 14) “Old-Woman’s-Grandson, watch yourself, for hereafter I am your enemy.”

rescuer and caregiver · first appears Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 1

Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 1 · foster-child: the young man (Tale 30) “The Wolf whispered to the boy, and said: ‘I shall dig with this Bear, and you must dig on this side; for if he digs through first he will eat you; but if I dig through first and reach you before he does I shall save you, and you shall be my son.’ So it was agreed between the Bear and the Wolf that they each should dig through the earth, and whosoever should first dig through to where the boy was should claim him.”

slave of Burnt-Hands after he became chief · first appears Tale 17 · How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief · Part 2

Tale 17 · How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief · Part 2 · employer: Burnt-Hands (Tale 17) “Burnt-Hands came to be chief, and had Black-Bear as his slave.”

girl · first appears Tale 17 · How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief · Part 2

Tale 17 · How Burnt-Hands Became a Chief · Part 2 · married with Burnt-Hands (Tale 17) “The boy made himself about twenty-two, and when all was quiet he married Last-Child.”

father · first appears Tale 32 · The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power

Tale 32 · The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power · child: Village-Boy “The young man told his father that he was going up on a high mound where there was a graveyard.”

warrior · first appears Tale 32 · The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power

Tale 32 · The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power · friends with Village-Boy “His friend said, ‘There is my friend, Village-Boy.’”

sister · first appears Tale 32 · The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power

Tale 32 · The Village-Boy and the Wolf Power · siblings with Village-Boy “The boy told him that he was a poor boy; that he had never been on the war-path, nor taken a scalp; that he had four sisters who danced in the scalp-dance and were ridiculed for dancing when their brother had never been on the war-path.”