12/17/2013 "Chesapeake" Pages 0-61

 Prompt- Describe the Main characters.

        This week I have been reading Cheasapeak, and it might very well be the most detailed book I have ever read. It starts out that a giant indian leaves his village because of a reason unknown. He makes it all the way down the choptank river and stops in the very fertil land, only to find its inhabitants very gentil and practically takes over the village single handedly. He proves himself in battle and they warship him as their leader. In the village there is a myth about a "giant canoe" and the true story about the men with their white skins is passed from leader to leader. As he passes down the information to the next generation of leader and leaves to live somewhere else, he is called back to see the giant canoe.

        The first main character I would like to describe is Pentaquod. He is the indian who is many heads taller and many fists broader than the other indians. He is very wise and clever, but we do not know why he left his village in such a hurry. He and his tribe help each other learn of new food sources and better ways to live, with Pentaquod being from the tribe of hunters, and the Village being very good builders. Many people in the Village trust his decisions, not even questioning when he picks the next leader, a street smart warior.

        The next main character I would like to describe is the white man named Captain Smith. He is the most frustrating person you could have. He sets off in a 100 ton ship and brings a scribe to write the adventure. Then he tells his scribe to make him look more heroic, then tells him to make Pentaquod  stupid and the indians hostle! Personally I think that it was because he was jealous of his height. For another reason unknown, he wakes up his scribe in the middle of the night and tells him to erase the part about them finding their gold. He even tells him that they never found the river in the first place. That is where I left off...