What Is the Name of the Third Cheif in Island of the Blue Dolphin
Karana, Ulape, and Ramo's father, Chowig, is the chief of the Native American tribe on the Island of the Blue Dolphins. Chowig is his "secret name"; he usually goes by another name that Karana never shares with readers. So, Karana is surprised when her father shares his secret name with Captain Orlov. Chief Chowig is a suspicious man who remembers how badly things ended the last time the Aleuts came to hunt otter in the kelp beds around the island. Because of this, he negotiates with Captain Orlov for half the profits from the otter pelts, which is supposed to equal three huge chests of jewelry and weapons. But ultimately, Captain Orlov goes back on his word and leads the Aleuts in slaughtering most of the tribesmen, including Chief Chowig. After this, many in the tribe believe that Chief Chowig didn't survive the battle because he shared his secret name with Captain Orlov.
Karana's Father/Chief Chowig Quotes in Island of the Blue Dolphins
The Island of the Blue Dolphins quotes below are all either spoken by Karana's Father/Chief Chowig or refer to Karana's Father/Chief Chowig. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Behind in the boat stood a tall man with a yellow beard. I had never seen a Russian before, but my father had told me about them, and I wondered, seeing the way he stood with his feet set apart and his fists on his hips and looked at the little harbor as though it already belonged to him, if he were one of those men from the north whom our people feared. I was certain of it when the boat slid into the shore and he jumped out, shouting as he did so.
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"The Aleuts come from a country far to the north," he said. "Their ways are not ours nor is their language. They have come to take otter and to give us our share in many goods which they have and which we can use. In this way we shall profit. But we shall not profit if we try to befriend them. They are people who do not understand friendship."
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Ulape would have laughed at me, and others would have laughed, too—my father most of all. Yet this is the way I felt about the animals who had become my friends and those who were not, but in time could be. If Ulape and my father had come back and laughed, and all the others had come back and laughed, still I would have felt the same way, for animals and birds are like people, too, though they do not talk the same or do the same things. Without them the earth would be an unhappy place.
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Like two giants they crashed against each other. They rose high in the air, bending first one way and then the other. There was a roar as if great spears were breaking in battle, and in the red light of the sun the spray that flew around them looked like blood.
Slowly the second wave forced the first one backward, rolled slowly over it, and then as a victor drags the vanquished, moved in toward the island.
The wave struck the cliff. It sent long tongues streaming around me so that I could neither see nor hear. The tongues of water licked into all the crevices, dragged at my hand and at my bare feet gripping the ledge. They rose high above me along the face of the rock, up and up, and then spent themselves against the sky and fell back, hissing past me to join the water rushing on toward the cove.
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Night came, but the earth still rose and fell like a great animal breathing. I could hear rocks tumbling from the cliff, falling down into the sea.
All night as we lay there in the house the earth trembled and rocks fell, yet not the big one on the headland, which would have fallen if those who make the world shake had really been angry with us.
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Karana's Father/Chief Chowig Character Timeline in Island of the Blue Dolphins
The timeline below shows where the character Karana's Father/Chief Chowig appears in Island of the Blue Dolphins. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
...more fun to watch them play than wear beads. One day, when she tells her father this, he laughs at her and insists that the otter will return to the kelp... (full context)
Karana knows her father believes the Aleuts will leave soon—he sent young men to build a canoe out of... (full context)
...Karana watches the Aleuts load bundles of otter pelts and keeps an eye on her father, who's talking angrily to Captain Orlov. A boat heads out to the ship with pelts... (full context)
Captain Orlov opens the chest and shows Karana's father several sparkly necklaces. But Karana's father shakes his head. Captain Orlov insists that there are... (full context)
...they can't tell the difference between their own men and their enemies. Karana watches her father fall and not get up again. At first, it seems like the villagers will win,... (full context)
...Ulape and Karana race for the beach. Most of the men are wounded, and their father is dead. Karana and the other villagers agree that he shouldn't have told Captain Orlov... (full context)
...all those who died at Coral Cove are still haunting the island. Karana remembers her father all the time, and it's hard to look after Ramo with no parents. Once people... (full context)
...it's too heavy and puffs out his chest. Ramo notes that he's the son of Chowig—and since Chowig is dead, he's now the chief. Karana points out he has to become... (full context)
...sea flood the island? Will the weapons break just when she needs them, as her father said? After two days of thinking, Karana decides she has to make weapons. (full context)
...off. Finally, she crawls behind a big rock and fits an arrow. Karana remembers her father's warning: because Karana is a woman, her bow will break. (full context)
...Karana stops killing seals, wild dogs, and sea elephants. She knows that Ulape and her father would laugh at her, but now, the animals are her friends. Those that aren't her... (full context)
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