Iagoo

Also known as: old Iagoo / the great boaster / the marvellous story-teller / the traveller and the talker · Role: friend of Nokomis · First appears: III · Hiawatha’s Childhood

In III · Hiawatha’s Childhood, Iagoo, a friend of Nokomis, made Hiawatha a bow and arrows and sent him into the forest to hunt a famous roebuck. In XI · Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast, he is named as Nokomis’s friend; he had carved the little Hiawatha’s cradle and later taught him to make bows and arrows. At the wedding-feast, Iagoo began telling the guests “a tale of wonder” about Osseo.

In XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis, at Iagoo’s lodge, Pau-Puk-Keewis taught him the game of Bowl and Counters, and Iagoo boasted, “I can beat you, Pau-Puk-Keewis.” Pau-Puk-Keewis won the players’ treasures and Face-in-a-Mist, Iagoo’s nephew, as his attendant.

Relationship record

Life events

• Iagoo made Hiawatha a bow and arrows.(III · Hiawatha’s Childhood)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “Made a bow for Hiawatha; From a branch of ash he made it, From an oak-bough made the arrows,”
• Iagoo sent Hiawatha to hunt a famous roebuck.(III · Hiawatha’s Childhood · 📍 the forest)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “Then he said to Hiawatha: “Go, my son, into the forest, Where the red deer herd together, Kill for us a famous roebuck,”
• Iagoo was a friend of Nokomis.(XI · Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast)
  • With: Nokomis
  • “And Iagoo, the great boaster, He the marvellous story-teller, He the friend of old Nokomis,”
• Iagoo carved a cradle for the little Hiawatha.(XI · Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “He it was who carved the cradle Of the little Hiawatha, Carved its framework out of linden, Bound it strong with reindeer sinews;”
• Iagoo taught Hiawatha how to make bows and arrows.(XI · Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “He it was who taught him later How to make his bows and arrows, How to make the bows of ash-tree, And the arrows of the oak-tree.”
• Iagoo began telling the wedding guests a tale of Osseo.(XI · Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast)
  • “And Iagoo answered straightway, ‘You shall hear a tale of wonder, You shall hear the strange adventures Of Osseo, the Magician, From the Evening Star descending.’”
• At the lodge of Iagoo, Pau-Puk-Keewis taught the game of Bowl and Counters, and old Iagoo boasted that he could beat him at it.(XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis · 📍 the lodge of old Iagoo)
  • With: Pau-Puk-Keewis
  • “I can beat you, Pau-Puk-Keewis, I can even give you lessons In your game of Bowl and Counters!”
• Pau-Puk-Keewis won the players’ treasures and won Face-in-a-Mist as his attendant.(XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis · 📍 the lodge of old Iagoo)
  • With: Pau-Puk-Keewis Face-in-a-Mist
  • “Played until the Yenadizze, Till the cunning Pau-Puk-Keewis, Of their treasures had despoiled them”

III · Hiawatha’s Childhood

• friends with Nokomis “He the friend of old Nokomis,”
• recipient: Hiawatha “Made a bow for Hiawatha; From a branch of ash he made it, From an oak-bough made the arrows,”

XI · Hiawatha’s Wedding-Feast

• friends with Nokomis “And Iagoo, the great boaster, He the marvellous story-teller, He the friend of old Nokomis,”
• rivals with Chibiabos “Jealous of the sweet musician, Jealous of the applause they gave him,”
• pupil: Hiawatha “He it was who taught him later How to make his bows and arrows, How to make the bows of ash-tree, And the arrows of the oak-tree.”

XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis

• rivals with Pau-Puk-Keewis “Though you think yourself so skilful, I can beat you, Pau-Puk-Keewis, I can even give you lessons In your game of Bowl and Counters!”
• younger kin: Face-in-a-Mist “’T was a nephew of Iagoo; Face-in-a-Mist, the people called him.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Song of Hiawatha. Made with Rho MD.