the young man (A Story Of Faith)

Family: Kit-Ke-Hahk´-I Band · Role: doctor · First appears: A Story Of Faith · Part 1

At his father’s request, the young man refused to marry, while his father and mother let him alone rather than interfere. His influence grew enough to concern the great doctor, who poisoned him, leaving him ill. Instead of joining the tribe’s hunt, he rode east from the empty village; after praying, he killed his horse and offered it to the animals. On the fourth night at Pa-huk, a great elk said it had heard of his condition and would take him to the animal homes for help.

In Part 3, ground dogs and bears ate away his swelling while he was unconscious. He later regained consciousness, found himself cured, and stayed with the Nahúrac, who taught him their ways and animal secrets. Long mourned as dead, he returned home at night and told his father, “Wake up, I am here.” A few days later, he visited the doctor who had caused his illness and killed him through the river, keeping his promise to the Nahúrac.

Relationship record

Life events

• The young man refused his father's request that he marry.(A Story Of Faith · Part 1)
  • With: the father (A Story Of Faith)
  • “His father had asked him to marry, but he would not.”
• The young man became ill after the great doctor poisoned him.(A Story Of Faith · Part 1)
  • With: the great doctor (A Story Of Faith)
  • “The great doctor had poisoned him with this result.”
• The young man left the empty village and rode east instead of joining the tribe's hunt.(A Story Of Faith · Part 1)
  • With: the father (A Story Of Faith)
  • “But instead of going in the direction the tribe had taken, he went east.”
• The young man killed his horse and offered it to the animals.(A Story Of Faith · Part 1)
  • “When he had finished his prayer, he went up to the horse, and stabbed it with his knife and killed it, and it fell down dead.”
• The young man encountered a great elk that told him it would take him to the animal homes for help.(A Story Of Faith · Part 1 · 📍 Pa-huk)
  • “The elk said, “I have heard of you and of your condition, and I am here to tell you that we all know your trouble.”
• The ground dogs and bears cure the young man of his swelling.(A Story Of Faith · Part 3)
  • “So they kept going until they had eaten all the swelling. The young man was unconscious all this time, for he afterward said he knew nothing of what had happened.”
• The young man regains consciousness and discovers he is cured.(A Story Of Faith · Part 3)
  • “After a while he moved and came to life, and felt himself just as he had been many months before. He found that his trouble was gone and that he was cured.”
• The Nahúrac teach the young man their ways and animal secrets.(A Story Of Faith · Part 3)
  • “He stayed there several nights, watching the doings of the Nahu´rac. They taught him all their ways, all the animal secrets.”
• The young man returns home, having long been mourned as dead.(A Story Of Faith · Part 3)
  • “The young man went home to his village, and got there in the night. He had long been mourned as dead, and his father was now poor in mind on account of him.”
• The young man reveals himself alive to his father.(A Story Of Faith · Part 3)
  • With: the father (A Story Of Faith)
  • “He went into his father's lodge, and touched him, and said, ‘Wake up, I am here.’”
• The young man visits the doctor who had brought his trouble on him and kills him through the river.(A Story Of Faith · Part 3)
  • “When the people found the doctor he was dead in his lodge, and he was all hollow. All his blood and the inside of him had gone into the river, and had gone down to feed the animals. So the boy kept his promise to the Nahu´rac and had revenge on the doctor.”

A Story Of Faith · Part 1

• parent: the father (A Story Of Faith) “His father and mother did not try to interfere with him, but let him alone.”
• parent: the mother (A Story Of Faith) “His father and mother did not try to interfere with him, but let him alone.”
• rivals with the great doctor (A Story Of Faith) “This young man's influence is growing. If I do not do something, he will soon be ahead of me.”

A Story Of Faith · Part 3

• parent: the father (A Story Of Faith) “The father went about and told his relations that his son had come back, and they were very glad, and came into the lodge, bringing the presents, and gave them to the boy.”

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