the girl (Comanche Chief)

Family: Comanche · Role: Head Chief's daughter · First appears: Comanche Chief · Part 2

In Part 2, the girl was the daughter of the Head Chief, who said he would leave the decision about what to do with the man to Skin Shirt. She went to her mother and called her, and her grandfather decided that she and Kut-a´wi-kutz would become man and wife, saying, “I want my granddaughter to go and take her seat by this man, and for them to be man and wife.”

In Part 3, after Kut-a´wi-kutz went back with the Comanches, his wife fell sick. The Comanche doctors could not help her, and the Comanches would not let him take her north to see Pawnee doctors; she died.

Relationship record

Life events

• The grandfather decided that Kut-a´wi-kutz and his granddaughter would become man and wife.(Comanche Chief · Part 2)
  • With: Kut-a´wi-kutz the grandfather (Comanche Chief)
  • “I want my granddaughter to go and take her seat by this man, and for them to be man and wife. Since I was young we have been enemies, but now I want the two tribes to come together, join hands and be friends. And so it was decided.”
• Kut-a´wi-kutz’s wife died after Comanche doctors could not help her.(Comanche Chief · Part 3)
  • With: Kut-a´wi-kutz
  • “He would have remained with the Comanches, but when he went back with them his wife fell sick. The Comanche doctors could not help her, and he wanted to take her north to see the Pawnee doctors, but the Comanches would not let him. They kept him there, and his wife died.”

Comanche Chief · Part 2

• parent: the Head Chief (Comanche Chief) “Then the chief, the girl's father, began to talk again; he said, “If I wanted to decide what should be done with this man, I would decide right now, but here is my brave, Skin Shirt, I want him to decide.”
• parent: the mother (Comanche Chief) “The girl got up and went over to where her mother was lying and called her.”
• elder kin: the grandfather (Comanche Chief) “It was the girl's grandfather.”
• married with Kut-a´wi-kutz “Since I was young we have been enemies, but now I want the two tribes to come together, join hands and be friends.” And so it was decided.”

Comanche Chief · Part 3

• married with Kut-a´wi-kutz “the Pawnee followed with his wife, and Skin Shirt went behind.”
• elder kin: the grandfather (Comanche Chief) “After some years the old man, his wife's grandfather, told the Pawnee that he thought it was time that he should eat some of those things that he had long wanted to eat that grew up north; that he was getting pretty old now.”

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