Wok-on-kahtohn-zooeyah-pee-kah-haitchee

Role: witch · First appears: Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 1

In Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 1, Wok-on-kahtohn-zooeyah-pee-kah-haitchee told the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah she had watched him since he left his father’s lodge and would be his friend and protector. She welcomed him into her lodge, gave him supper, lengthened his hair with a comb, and dressed and painted him as a woman.

At the island, she instructed him to pose as a woman, marry Pah-hah-undootah, and kill him. In Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 2, she received the adventurer at her lodge, praised his bravery, and cut a small piece of the head’s scalp for herself.

Relationship record

Life events

• Wok-on-kahtohn-zooeyah-pee-kah-haitchee promised to be the son's friend and protector and invited him into her lodge.(Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 1)
  • With: the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah
  • “She informed him that she had known him from the time he left his father's lodge, and watched his movements. She told him not to fear or despair, for she would be his friend and protector. She invited him into her lodge, and gave him a supper.”
• Wok-on-kahtohn-zooeyah-pee-kah-haitchee transformed the son's hair and dressed him as a woman.(Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 1)
  • With: the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah
  • “His hair being very short, she took a large leaden comb, and after drawing it through his hair several times, it became of a handsome feminine length. She then proceeded to dress him as a female, furnishing him with the necessary garments, and decorated his face with paints of the most beautiful dye.”
• Wok-on-kahtohn-zooeyah-pee-kah-haitchee instructed the son to pose as a woman, marry Pah-hah-undootah, and kill him.(Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 1 · 📍 the island)
  • With: the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah Pah-hah-undootah
  • “She said that as soon as the Red Head heard of this, he would come for her in his own canoe, in which she must embark. On reaching the island he must consent to be his wife, and in the evening induce him to take a walk out of the village, when he was to take the first opportunity to cut off his head with the blade of grass.”
• The old witch received the adventurer and took a piece of the head's scalp.(Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 2 · 📍 the witch's lodge)
  • With: the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah
  • “She received him with rejoicing. She admired his prudence, and told him his bravery could never be questioned again. Lifting up the head, she said he need only have brought the scalp. She cut off a small piece for herself”

Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 1

• recipient: the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah “She told him not to fear or despair, for she would be his friend and protector. She invited him into her lodge, and gave him a supper.”

Pah-hah-undootah, the Red Head · Part 2

• recipient: the son of Odshedoph Waucheentongah “She admired his prudence, and told him his bravery could never be questioned again. Lifting up the head, she said he need only have brought the scalp.”

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