the mother of Panigwun

Role: mother · First appears: Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1

In “Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1,” the mother of Panigwun and his younger brother secretly became attached to a young man she met in the woods and planned her husband’s death for his sake. When her husband followed her into the forest and saw the young man lead her away, he decided to leave her forever, trusting her to care for their two boys.

She told the children she would be back after going a short distance, then fled to her lover and did not return.

Relationship record

Life events

• The wife secretly began an attachment to a young man she met in the woods.(Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1)
  • With: the lover of Panigwun's mother
  • “She secretly cherished an attachment for a young man whom she accidentally met one day in the woods.”
• The wife planned her husband's death.(Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1)
  • With: the father of Panigwun
  • “She even planned the death of her husband for his sake, for she knew if she did not kill her husband, her husband, the moment he detected her crime, would kill her.”
• The husband saw the young man lead his wife away, then decided to leave her forever.(Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1 · 📍 the forest)
  • With: the father of Panigwun
  • “One day he secretly followed her footsteps into the forest, and having concealed himself behind a tree, he soon beheld a tall young man approach and lead away his wife.”
• The husband departed, leaving the wife to care for their two children.(Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1)
  • With: the father of Panigwun
  • “At last he came to the determination of quitting her forever, thinking that her own conscience would punish her sufficiently, and relying on her maternal feelings to take care of the two children, who were boys, he immediately took up his arms and departed.”
• The wife fled to her paramour and did not return.(Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1)
  • With: the lover of Panigwun's mother
  • “Leaving her two children in the lodge, she told them she was going a short distance and would return. She then fled to her paramour and came back no more.”

Mishosha; or, the Magician of Lake Superior · Part 1

• married with the father of Panigwun “there lived an Indian, in a remote place, who had a wife and two children.”
• child: Panigwun (Panigwun is identified as one of the two boys.) “relying on her maternal feelings to take care of the two children, who were boys”
• child: the younger brother of Panigwun (The younger brother is identified as one of the two boys.) “relying on her maternal feelings to take care of the two children, who were boys”
• courtship with the lover of Panigwun's mother “She secretly cherished an attachment for a young man whom she accidentally met one day in the woods.”
• enemies with the father of Panigwun “She even planned the death of her husband for his sake, for she knew if she did not kill her husband, her husband, the moment he detected her crime, would kill her.”

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