the daughter of Wawanosh

Role: daughter of Wawanosh · First appears: Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1

In Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1, Wawanosh had an only daughter who had lived to see her eighteenth spring. A young man of humble parentage sought her hand, but Wawanosh refused his request.

In Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2, she and the lover of the daughter of Wawanosh pledged vows of mutual fidelity before parting. After hearing of his death, she pined away and died. The mysterious bird was never seen again after her decease.

Relationship record

Life events

• Wawanosh refused the young man’s request to marry his daughter.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1)
  • With: Wawanosh the lover of the daughter of Wawanosh
  • “You ask me to bestow upon you my daughter, the chief solace of my age, and my choicest gift from the Master of Life. Others have asked of me this boon, who were as young, as active, and as ardent as yourself.”
• They pledged vows of mutual fidelity before parting.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2)
  • With: the lover of the daughter of Wawanosh
  • “He repeated his protestations of inviolable attachment, which she returned, and, pledging vows of mutual fidelity, they parted.”
• The daughter of Wawanosh pined away and died after hearing of her lover's death.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2)
  • “And when death came to her, it was not as the bearer of gloom and regrets, but as the herald of happiness.”
• The mysterious bird was never seen again after her death.(Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2)
  • With: the mysterious visitor
  • “After her decease, the mysterious bird was never more seen”

Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 1

• parent: Wawanosh “Wawanosh had an only daughter, who had now lived to witness the budding of the leaves of the eighteenth spring.”
• admirer: the lover of the daughter of Wawanosh “Her hand was sought by a young man of humble parentage, who had no other merits to recommend him but such as might arise from a tall and commanding person, a manly step, and an eye beaming with the tropical fires of youth and love.”

Chileeli; or, the Red Lover · Part 2

• parent: Wawanosh “He did not leave the village without seeking an interview with the daughter of Wawanosh.”
• courtship with the lover of the daughter of Wawanosh “He repeated his protestations of inviolable attachment, which she returned, and, pledging vows of mutual fidelity, they parted.”

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