the poor boy (Tale 29)

Family: Arikara · Role: the young man's rescuer · First appears: Tale 29 · The Buffalo-Wife and the Javelin Game · Part 1

In Tale 29, the poor boy rescued Man-Who-Kills-Game-Easily by shooting the old woman who was on his back and taking her off him. He used arrows from his father, Lightning, first a black arrow and then a red one. Afterward, Man-Who-Kills-Game-Easily and the old woman who became his wife burned the old woman on a big fire.

Relationship record

Life events

• The poor boy shot the old woman with arrows and took her off the young man's back.(Tale 29 · The Buffalo-Wife and the Javelin Game · Part 1)
  • With: Man-Who-Kills-Game-Easily the old woman who became the young man's wife (Tale 29)
  • “Taking the black arrow, he shot at the woman under the shoulder. The arrow struck the woman and split her in two, taking off a part of the boy’s flesh. The boy ran around again. This time he took the red arrow and shot the woman under the chin, taking her entirely off from the boy.”
• The old woman was burned on a big fire.(Tale 29 · The Buffalo-Wife and the Javelin Game · Part 1)
  • With: the old woman who became the young man's wife (Tale 29)
  • “They made a big fire, placed the old woman upon it, and burned her.”

Tale 29 · The Buffalo-Wife and the Javelin Game · Part 1

• parent: Lightning “These arrows are from my father, Lightning.”
• elder kin: the poor boy's grandmother (Tale 29) “The old woman felt sorry for her grandson, not knowing that the boy had powers to take the old woman off.”

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