the chief’s daughter (Tale 48)

Family: Arikara · Role: the boy’s wife · First appears: Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind

That night, the chief’s daughter, whom the chief (Tale 48) had designated to be given to the boy (Tale 48), became his wife. The marriage fulfilled the boy’s promise to give her to his sister, the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48); afterward, the sister and the boy’s wife were together.

Relationship record

Life events

• The boy married the chief’s daughter and fulfilled his promise to give her to his sister.(Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind · 📍 the tipi)
  • With: the boy (Tale 48) the girl who became a Whirlwind (Tale 48)
  • “The boy went out. The next day the brother came into the lodge, and his sister said: “My brother, I give you this club and this medicine, and I give you the power that I possess—that of the Whirlwind.”

Tale 48 · The Girl Who Became a Whirlwind

• parent: the chief (Tale 48) “The chief’s daughter was the one to be given to him.”
• married with the boy (Tale 48) “She went to the girl, and the sister and the boy’s wife were together.”

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Extracted from the original text of Traditions of the Arikara. Made with Rho MD.