the young man's father (Tale 30)

Family: Arikara · Role: chief · First appears: Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 1

As chief of the Arikara, he mourned for the young man for many years. In Part 2, the Wolf man sent for his father at night and asked him to build a tipi and invite the bravest men; at the same time, the old man told the villagers that wild animals were devouring the seven girls because they had dug the hole and placed his son there to die.

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Life events

• The Wolf man sent for his father and told him to build a tipi and invite the bravest men.(Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 2)
  • With: the young man (Tale 30)
  • “Then, in the night, he sent for his father. He told his father that he wanted him to build a tipi, and that towards evening he wanted him to go through the village and invite the bravest men in the tribe”
• The Wolf man's father told the people why the seven girls were being devoured.(Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 2 · 📍 the village)
  • “At the same time the old man, the boy’s father, went through the village, telling the people that the seven girls were being devoured by wild animals, because they had dug the hole and placed his son there to die.”

Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 1

• child: the young man (Tale 30) “In the village, the boy’s father mourned for him for many years.”

Tale 30 · The Origin of the Wolf Dance · Part 2

• child: the young man (Tale 30) “Then, in the night, he sent for his father. He told his father that he wanted him to build a tipi”

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