Bokwewa's brother

Role: hunter · First appears: Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician

In Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician, Bokwewa taught his brother to hunt and made him an expert hunter. One day, despite Bokwewa’s objections, he set out to visit people and procure a wife. Finding the corpse of a beautiful young woman, he declared, “She shall be my wife!” He carried her back to Bokwewa, who restored her to life, and they lived happily for some time.

At last, he decided to search for his captive wife, though Bokwewa tried to dissuade him. He was overcome by the southern people’s flatteries and pleasures, abandoned the search, and was seen beating corn with their women while his wife remained in that Indian metropolis. Finding him past reclaiming, Bokwewa left him and disappeared forever.

Relationship record

Life events

• Bokwewa taught his brother how to hunt and made him an expert hunter.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa
  • “He instructed his brother in the manner of pursuing game, and made him acquainted with all the accomplishments of a sagacious and expert hunter.”
• Bokwewa's brother left to visit people and procure a wife, despite Bokwewa's objections.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa
  • “One day he told his brother that he was going to leave him; that he wished to visit the habitations of men and procure a wife. Bokwewa objected to his going; but his brother overruled all that he said, and he finally departed on his travels.”
• Bokwewa's brother took the dead young woman's body and declared that she would be his wife.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: the brother's wife (Bokwewa legend)
  • “He went to it and took it down. He saw that it was the corpse of a beautiful young woman. ‘She shall be my wife!’ he exclaimed.”
• Bokwewa restored the brother's wife to life.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa the brother's wife (Bokwewa legend)
  • “Bokwewa said he would try. He performed numerous ceremonies, and at last succeeded in restoring her to life.”
• Bokwewa's brother decided to search for his captive wife, despite Bokwewa's attempt to dissuade him.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa
  • “At last he said he would go in search of her. Bokwewa tried to dissuade him from it, but he insisted.”
• Bokwewa's brother succumbed to the temptations of the southern people and abandoned his search for his wife.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • “He was soon overcome by their flatteries and pleasures, and he was not long afterward seen beating corn with their women (the strongest proof of effeminacy), although his wife, for whom he had mourned so much, was in that Indian metropolis.”
• Bokwewa failed to reclaim his brother, left him, and disappeared forever.(Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician)
  • With: Bokwewa
  • “Finding that he was past reclaiming, Bokwewa left him, and disappeared forever.”

Bokwewa; or, the Humpback Magician

• siblings with Bokwewa “Bokwewa and his brother lived in a secluded part of the country.”
• married with the brother's wife (Bokwewa legend) “He took her up, and placing her on his back, returned to his brother. ‘Brother,’ he said, ‘cannot you restore her to life? Oh, do me that favor!’ Bokwewa said he would try. He performed numerous ceremonies, and at last succeeded in restoring her to life. They lived very happily for some time.”
• mentor: Bokwewa “He instructed his brother in the manner of pursuing game, and made him acquainted with all the accomplishments of a sagacious and expert hunter.”
• benefactor: Bokwewa “Bokwewa was extremely kind to his brother, and did everything to render his life happy.”

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