Kahgahgee

Also known as: the King of Ravens · Role: king of ravens · First appears: V · Hiawatha’s Fasting · Part 2

In XIII · Blessing the Cornfields, Hiawatha spared Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens, from the birds he killed and captured him as a hostage, tying him to his wigwam’s ridge-pole. In XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis, Pau-Puk-Keewis strangled Kahgahgee and left his body hanging as an insult to Hiawatha.

Relationship record

Life events

• Hiawatha trapped the marauding birds, killed many, and captured Kahgahgee as a hostage.(XIII · Blessing the Cornfields)
  • With: Hiawatha
  • “Without mercy he destroyed them Right and left, by tens and twenties, And their wretched, lifeless bodies Hung aloft on poles for scarecrows Round the consecrated cornfields, as a signal of his vengeance, As a warning to marauders. Only Kahgahgee, the leader, Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens, He alone was spared among them As a hostage for his people. With his prisoner-string he bound him, Led him captive to his wigwam, Tied him fast with cords of elm-bark To the ridge-pole of his wigwam.”
• Pau-Puk-Keewis strangled Kahgahgee and left his body hanging as an insult to Hiawatha.(XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis · 📍 the lodge of Hiawatha)
  • With: Pau-Puk-Keewis
  • “Strangled Kahgahgee, the raven, From the ridge-pole of the wigwam Left its lifeless body hanging, As an insult to its master, As a taunt to Hiawatha.”

V · Hiawatha’s Fasting · Part 2

• enemies with Hiawatha “Drove away, with scoffs and shoutings, Kahgahgee, the king of ravens.”

XIII · Blessing the Cornfields

• enemies with Hiawatha “And was lying now in ambush In the neighboring grove of pine-trees, Waiting for the crows and blackbirds, Waiting for the jays and ravens.”

XVI · Pau-Puk-Keewis

• enemies with Pau-Puk-Keewis “Strangled Kahgahgee, the raven, From the ridge-pole of the wigwam Left its lifeless body hanging, As an insult to its master, As a taunt to Hiawatha.”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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