Chapter I: Act I: Characters

CAPTAIN ISAIAH BARTLETT, _of the whaling ship, Triton_ SILAS HORNE, _boatswain of the Triton_ BEN CATES } JIMMY KANAKA, _an Islander_ } _of the Triton’s crew_ BUTLER, _cook of the Triton_ ABEL, _the ship’s boy_ SARAH ALLEN BARTLETT, _the captain’s wife_ SUE, _their daughter_ NAT, _their son_ DANIEL DREW, _officer of a freight steamer_ DOCTOR BERRY