the lover of the daughter of Wawanosh

Role: suitor · First appears: Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1

In Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1, the daughter of Wawanosh was admired by a young man of humble parentage. Wawanosh refused his request to marry her, and he resolved to lead an expedition against the enemy to prove himself worthy or die trying.

In Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2, he and the daughter of Wawanosh exchanged declarations of attachment and pledged mutual fidelity before parting. Leading the war party, he was struck in the breast by an arrow near the end of the fight and died as his friends carried him home.

Relationship record

Life events

• Wawanosh refused the young man’s request to marry his daughter.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1)
  • With: Wawanosh the daughter of Wawanosh
  • “You ask me to bestow upon you my daughter, the chief solace of my age, and my choicest gift from the Master of Life. Others have asked of me this boon, who were as young, as active, and as ardent as yourself.”
• The young man planned an expedition against the enemy to earn Wawanosh’s daughter or die trying.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1)
  • “The intimidated lover departed, but he resolved to do a deed that should render him worthy of the daughter of Wawanosh, or die in the attempt.”
• They pledged vows of mutual fidelity before parting.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2)
  • With: the daughter of Wawanosh
  • “He repeated his protestations of inviolable attachment, which she returned, and, pledging vows of mutual fidelity, they parted.”
• The lover, who led the war party, received an arrow in his breast at the close of the fight and died while his friends carried him home.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2)
  • “They carried him towards home a day's journey, but he languished and expired in the arms of his friends.”

Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1

• admired: the daughter of Wawanosh “Her hand was sought by a young man of humble parentage, who had no other merits to recommend him but such as might arise from a tall and commanding person, a manly step, and an eye beaming with the tropical fires of youth and love.”

Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2

• courtship with the daughter of Wawanosh “He repeated his protestations of inviolable attachment, which she returned, and, pledging vows of mutual fidelity, they parted.”

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