the grandfather of White Feather

Role: grandfather · First appears: Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1

In Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1, the old man took White Feather in as an infant and raised him at the centre of a forest. As soon as the child could play about, the grandfather gave him a bow and arrows to amuse himself and encouraged him to learn hunting.

Relationship record

Life events

• The old man took his grandson in as an infant and raised him.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1 · 📍 the centre of a forest)
  • With: White Feather
  • “There was an old man living in the centre of a forest, with his grandson, whom he had taken when quite an infant.”
• The old man gave his grandson a bow and arrows and encouraged him to learn hunting.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1)
  • With: White Feather
  • “The grandfather, as soon as the child could play about, gave him a bow and arrows to amuse himself.”

Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 1

• younger kin: White Feather (The old man is the grandson's grandfather.) “There was an old man living in the centre of a forest, with his grandson, whom he had taken when quite an infant.”
• foster-child: White Feather “There was an old man living in the centre of a forest, with his grandson, whom he had taken when quite an infant.”
• recipient: White Feather “The grandfather, as soon as the child could play about, gave him a bow and arrows to amuse himself.”

Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2

• younger kin: White Feather “White Feather insisted, however, in carrying all the heads to his grandfather.”

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