the great chief (Iosco legend)

Role: chief · First appears: Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2

In “Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2,” the great chief gave Iosco valuable presents and provided everything the visitors needed or wished for. The next day, he offered to send them home in one of his vessels, but they refused to abandon their journey; he then promised to furnish what they needed to continue.

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• The great chief gave them valuable presents and provided everything they needed or wished for.(Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2)
  • With: Iosco
  • “The chief then dismissed them with valuable presents, after having appointed the next day to speak to them again, and provided everything that they needed or wished for.”
• The great chief offered to send them home, but they refused to abandon their journey.(Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2)
  • With: Iosco
  • “He said he would send them back to their country in one of his vessels: but all he said had no effect.”
• The great chief promised to furnish everything needed for their journey.(Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2)
  • With: Iosco
  • “‘Well,’ said he, ‘if you will go, I will furnish you all that is needed for your journey.’”

Iosco; or, the Prairie Boys' Visit to the Sun and Moon · Part 2

• recipient: Iosco “The chief then dismissed them with valuable presents, after having appointed the next day to speak to them again, and provided everything that they needed or wished for.”
• servant: the master of the ship (Iosco legend) “The master told the person who came in it, to tell his master or king, that he had six strangers on board, such as had never been seen before, and that they were coming to visit him.”

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