the sixth giant (White Feather legend)

Role: giant · First appears: Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2

On the sixth morning in Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2, the sixth giant disguised herself as a woman, broke Tau-Wau-Chee-Hezkaw’s back, and changed him into a dog. She took the white feather from his brow and wore it as a trophy. The eldest sister invited the giant to marry her, and he accepted; the next day, he copied the dog’s method and transformed a river stone into a beaver.

In Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 3, the chief (White Feather legend) ordered the giant changed into a dog and sentenced to be clubbed to death in the middle of the village. The sentence was carried out.

Relationship record

Life events

The sixth giant disguised herself as a woman, broke Tau-Wau-Chee-Hezkaw’s back, and changed him into a dog.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2)
- With: White Feather
- “She then assumed her natural shape, which was in the form of the sixth giant, and afterwards changed him into a dog, in which degraded form he followed his enemy to the lodge.”
The sixth giant took the white feather from Tau-Wau-Chee-Hezkaw and wore it as a trophy.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2)
- With: White Feather
- “He took the white feather from his brow, and wore it as a trophy on his own head.”
The eldest sister made the sixth giant her husband.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2)
- With: the eldest sister (White Feather legend)
- “He accepted her invitation, and made her his wife.”
The sixth giant copied the dog’s method and transformed a stone from the river into a beaver.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2)
- With: White Feather
- “As soon as the dog left the place, the giant went to the river, and observing the same manner, drew out a stone, and had the satisfaction of seeing it transformed into a beaver.”
The chief ordered the giant transformed into a dog and sentenced to be clubbed to death.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 3 · 📍 the middle of the village)
- “the chief ordered that the giant should be transformed into a dog, and turned into the middle of the village, where the boys should pelt him to death with clubs.”
The giant was clubbed to death according to the sentence.(Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 3 · 📍 the middle of the village)
- “This sentence was executed.”

Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 2

enemies with White Feather “She then assumed her natural shape, which was in the form of the sixth giant, and afterwards changed him into a dog, in which degraded form he followed his enemy to the lodge.”
married with the eldest sister (White Feather legend) “He accepted her invitation, and made her his wife.”

Tau-wau-chee-hezkaw; or, the White Feather · Part 3

married with the eldest sister (White Feather legend) “The giant's wife determined she would go to her father, and tell him what a valuable husband she had, who furnished her lodge with abundance.”
enemies with White Feather “When it was finished, the chief ordered that the giant should be transformed into a dog, and turned into the middle of the village, where the boys should pelt him to death with clubs.”
enemies with the chief (White Feather legend) “When it was finished, the chief ordered that the giant should be transformed into a dog, and turned into the middle of the village, where the boys should pelt him to death with clubs.”

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