Maujeekewis

Role: second eldest brother · First appears: The Red Swan · Part 1

In The Red Swan, Maujeekewis is the second eldest of three brothers. Their parents died when they were young, leaving them destitute; the eldest taught his brothers the arts of the forest, and when he proposed setting out to find wives, Maujeekewis and Odjibwa persuaded him to stay. Maujeekewis disapproved when Odjibwa later sought wives, asking, “What will you do with those you propose to get?”

In The Red Swan · Part 5, Odjibwa returned and told his brothers he had brought each of them a wife. In The Red Swan · Part 6, he gave Maujeekewis a wife, saying, “My brother, here is one for you, and live happily.” One day Maujeekewis and the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) urged Odjibwa to leave, hoping to get his wife. When Odjibwa returned, he found them quarrelling over her; he shot both brothers dead with his magic arrows.

Relationship record

Life events

• Their parents died, leaving the three brothers destitute and without neighbors.(The Red Swan · Part 1)
  • With: the father of Odjibwa the mother of Odjibwa the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) Odjibwa
  • “Three brothers were left destitute, by the death of their parents, at an early age.”
• The brothers decided to remain together after the eldest proposed leaving to find them wives.(The Red Swan · Part 1)
  • With: the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) Odjibwa
  • “In this project he was overruled by his brothers, who said they could not part with him.”
• Odjibwa returns home and reunites with his brothers.(The Red Swan · Part 5)
  • With: Odjibwa the eldest brother (Red Swan legend)
  • “The eldest jumped up and shook hands with him, and kissed him, and felt very happy to see him again.”
• Odjibwa tells his brothers that he has brought each of them a wife.(The Red Swan · Part 5)
  • With: Odjibwa the eldest brother (Red Swan legend)
  • “Odjibwa, after seeing all things put to rights, told them that he had brought each of them a wife.”
• Odjibwa gave a woman to Maujeekewis as a wife.(The Red Swan · Part 6)
  • With: Odjibwa the wife of Maujeekewis
  • “The young man led one to Maujeekewis, saying, ‘My brother, here is one for you, and live happily.’”
• His two elder brothers, the eldest brother and Maujeekewis, urged Odjibwa to leave so that one of them could get his wife.(The Red Swan · Part 6)
  • With: Odjibwa the eldest brother (Red Swan legend)
  • “Their object was to get him away, so that one of them might afterward get his wife.”
• Odjibwa left after the brothers' accusations about the magic arrows.(The Red Swan · Part 6)
  • With: Odjibwa
  • “He told him again he would go; and next day, true to his word, he left them.”
• Odjibwa returned and found his two elder brothers, the eldest brother and Maujeekewis, quarrelling over his wife, who had remained constant to him.(The Red Swan · Part 6 · 📍 his own)
  • With: Odjibwa the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) the wife of the eldest brother (Red Swan legend)
  • “they were quarrelling for the possession of his wife. She had, however, remained constant, and mourned the absence and probable loss of her husband;”
• Odjibwa shot both his elder brothers, the eldest brother and Maujeekewis, dead with the magic arrows.(The Red Swan · Part 6 · 📍 the lodge)
  • With: Odjibwa the eldest brother (Red Swan legend)
  • “He spoke not a word, but placing the magic arrows to his bow, drew them to their length and laid the brothers dead at his feet.”

The Red Swan · Part 1

• siblings with Odjibwa “Maujeekewis, the second eldest, was loud in his disapproval, saying, ‘What will you do with those you propose to get--we have lived so long without them, and we can still do without them.’”
• parent: the father of Odjibwa “Three brothers were left destitute, by the death of their parents, at an early age.”
• parent: the mother of Odjibwa “Three brothers were left destitute, by the death of their parents, at an early age.”
• siblings with the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) “Three brothers were left destitute, by the death of their parents, at an early age.”
• mentor: the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) “he instructed his brothers in the arts of the forest as soon as they became old enough to follow him.”

The Red Swan · Part 5

• siblings with Odjibwa “On the other side was Maujeekewis, his other brother; his face was also blackened, but his head was covered with feathers and swan's down;”

The Red Swan · Part 6

• siblings with Odjibwa “The young man led one to Maujeekewis, saying, ‘My brother, here is one for you, and live happily.’”
• siblings with the eldest brother (Red Swan legend) “One day dissatisfaction was manifested in the conduct of the two elder brothers, on account of Odjibwa's having taken their deceased father's magic arrows; they upbraided and urged him to procure others if he could.”
• married with the wife of Maujeekewis “By and by he turned toward his wife, and acted as if he had been married for years.”
• enemies with Odjibwa “He spoke not a word, but placing the magic arrows to his bow, drew them to their length and laid the brothers dead at his feet.”
• parent: the father of Odjibwa “One day dissatisfaction was manifested in the conduct of the two elder brothers, on account of Odjibwa's having taken their deceased father's magic arrows; they upbraided and urged him to procure others if he could.”

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