Other Figures — Minor Figures

17 figures from Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Ti-ra´-wa

deity · first appears Lone Chief · Part 1

• Lone Chief · Part 1 · with Lone Chief “You must trust always in Ti-ra´-wa. He made us, and through him we live.”
• Pa-Hu-Ka´-Tawa · Part 2 · vassal: Pa-Hu-Ka´-Tawa “There is no one above me but Ti-ra´-wa. He is the only one I am under. He is the ruler of all.”

the father (A Story Of Faith)

brave · first appears A Story Of Faith · Part 1

• A Story Of Faith · Part 1 · child: the young man (A Story Of Faith) “His father and mother did not try to interfere with him, but let him alone.”

the great doctor (A Story Of Faith)

doctor · first appears A Story Of Faith · Part 1

• A Story Of Faith · Part 1 · rivals with the young man (A Story Of Faith) “This young man's influence is growing. If I do not do something, he will soon be ahead of me.”

the mother (A Story Of Faith)

mother · first appears A Story Of Faith · Part 1

• A Story Of Faith · Part 1 · child: the young man (A Story Of Faith) “His father and mother did not try to interfere with him, but let him alone.”

the he bear (The Bear Man)

the male bear who helps revive and teaches the man · first appears The Bear Man

• The Bear Man · pupil: the boy (The Bear Man) “The two old bears taught him everything that they knew.”

the child (The Ghost Wife)

child · first appears The Ghost Wife

• The Ghost Wife · parent: the man (The Ghost Wife) “They had a young child.”
• The Ghost Wife · parent: the first wife (The Ghost Wife) “They had a young child.”

the first wife (The Ghost Wife)

wife and mother · first appears The Ghost Wife

• The Ghost Wife · married with the man (The Ghost Wife) “One time there were living together a man and his wife.”
• The Ghost Wife · child: the child (The Ghost Wife) “They had a young child.”

the second wife (The Ghost Wife)

second wife · first appears The Ghost Wife

• The Ghost Wife · married with the man (The Ghost Wife) “A long time after this, the man took another wife.”

the husband (Lone Chief sister)

the sister's husband · first appears Lone Chief · Part 1

• Lone Chief · Part 1 · married with the sister (Lone Chief) “He remembered how his sister had been killed when he was a boy only ten years old, and how he had mourned for her, when her husband, who was jealous of her, had shot her through the body with an arrow and killed her.”

the deer (Blackfeet tale)

deer · first appears How The Deer Lost His Gall

• How The Deer Lost His Gall · rivals with the antelope (Blackfeet tale) “They agreed to run this second race, and on it they bet their dew-claws.”

the deer (Pawnee tale)

deer · first appears How The Deer Lost His Gall

• How The Deer Lost His Gall · rivals with the antelope (Pawnee tale) “Each one, the deer and the antelope, claimed that he could run faster than any other animal, and at length they became very angry in their dispute, and determined that they would have a race.”

the woman (The Bear Man rabbit story)

woman who caught and petted a rabbit · first appears The Bear Man

• The Bear Man · child: the child (The Bear Man rabbit story) “There was a woman in the Kit-ke-hahk´-i band, who caught a rabbit, and, because it was gentle and soft, she took it up in her hands and held it before her face and petted it, and when her child was born it had a split nose, like a rabbit.”

the antelope (Blackfeet tale)

antelope · first appears How The Deer Lost His Gall

• How The Deer Lost His Gall · rivals with the deer (Blackfeet tale) “They agreed to run this second race, and on it they bet their dew-claws.”

the antelope (Pawnee tale)

antelope · first appears How The Deer Lost His Gall

• How The Deer Lost His Gall · rivals with the deer (Pawnee tale) “Each one, the deer and the antelope, claimed that he could run faster than any other animal, and at length they became very angry in their dispute, and determined that they would have a race.”

the woman (The Snake Brother)

wife of the man · first appears The Snake Brother · Part 2

• The Snake Brother · Part 2 · married with the man (The Snake Brother) “Perhaps her husband had said to her, ‘The horses are going off, you had better go and turn them back.’”

the child (The Bear Man rabbit story)

the woman's child, born with a split nose · first appears The Bear Man

• The Bear Man · parent: the woman (The Bear Man rabbit story) “There was a woman in the Kit-ke-hahk´-i band, who caught a rabbit, and, because it was gentle and soft, she took it up in her hands and held it before her face and petted it, and when her child was born it had a split nose, like a rabbit.”

the man (The Snake Brother)

the woman's husband · first appears The Snake Brother · Part 2

• The Snake Brother · Part 2 · married with the woman (The Snake Brother) “Perhaps her husband had said to her, ‘The horses are going off, you had better go and turn them back.’”

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Extracted from the original text of Pawnee Hero Stories and Folk-Tales. Made with Rho MD.