the boy (Tale 48)

Family: Arikara · Role: the girl’s brother · First appears: Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind

The boy was separated from his sister when a Whirlwind carried her away. At the Owls’ den, the Owls (Tale 48) sheltered him from her; she released him after he promised her his first wife. He returned to his people and reunited with his father, then helped them defeat an enemy attacking their village.

That night, he married the chief’s daughter and fulfilled his promise to give her to his sister. The next day, his sister gave him her club, medicine, and Whirlwind power, and said she would remain toward the southwest. He became a famous warrior and finally a chief.

Relationship record

Life events

• A Whirlwind took the girl far away from her brother.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind)
  • With: the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48)
  • “While the girl was gone, a Whirlwind came and took her far away.”
• The Owls sheltered the boy from his sister, and she released him after he promised her his first wife.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind · 📍 the den of the Owls)
  • With: the Owls (Tale 48) the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48)
  • “So the boy was turned loose, and traveled towards his people.”
• The boy returned to his people and reunited with his father.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind · 📍 their lodge)
  • With: the boy’s father (Tale 48)
  • “He entered his father’s lodge and told his father that he had come back.”
• The boy helped his people defeat the enemy attacking their village.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind)
  • “In a few days the enemy attacked this village, and they saw that the boy was a wonderful boy, for he made a way for his people to kill the enemy.”
• The boy married the chief’s daughter and fulfilled his promise to give her to his sister.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind · 📍 the tipi)
  • With: the chief’s daughter (Tale 48) the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48)
  • “The boy went out. The next day the brother came into the lodge, and his sister said: “My brother, I give you this club and this medicine, and I give you the power that I possess—that of the Whirlwind.”
• The girl gave her brother her Whirlwind power and said she would remain toward the southwest.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind)
  • With: the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48)
  • “My brother, I give you this club and this medicine, and I give you the power that I possess—that of the Whirlwind. You will have power to kill the enemy.”
• The boy became a chief.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind)
  • “The young man became a famous warrior, and finally became a chief.”

Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind

• siblings with the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48) “Now, the boy told his sister that he wanted a bow and arrows; that he was all the time going around through the timber seeing rabbits and smaller game.”
• parent: the boy’s father (Tale 48) “He entered his father’s lodge and told his father that he had come back.”
• foster-parent: the Owls (Tale 48) “They said, ‘He is here under our protection.’”
• married with the chief’s daughter (Tale 48) “She went to the girl, and the sister and the boy’s wife were together.”

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