tashtego

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  Tashtego, his harpooneer, whose eyes had been setting to windward like two fixed stars, suddenly dropped like light

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• is_of_ethnicityGay-Head Indian

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  Tashtego is identified as an old Gay-Head Indian.

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  Tashtego’s senior, an old Gay-Head Indian among the crew

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• identifiesMoby Dick

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  Tashtego is the first to name the white whale as Moby Dick, based on descriptions of its unique features.

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  that white whale must be the same that some call Moby Dick.

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• nailsFlag of Ahab

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  Tashtego performs the act of attempting to nail the flag faster to the subsiding spar of the Pequod.

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  a red arm and a hammer hovered backwardly uplifted in the open air, in the act of nailing the flag faster and yet faster to the subsiding spar.

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• located_atCross-trees

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  Tashtego, the mad Gay-Header, is positioned high aloft in the cross-trees of the ship.

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  High aloft in the cross-trees was that mad Gay-Header, Tashtego

• produces_soundTashtego

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  Tashtego emits strange, long drawn, musically wild, and unearthly cries from his position in the cross-trees.

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  he continued his cries

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• mountsMainyard-arm

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  Tashtego, with his characteristic nimbleness, climbs and runs out upon the mainyard-arm to position himself over the hoisted whale's head.

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  Tashtego mounts aloft; and without altering his erect posture, runs straight out upon the overhanging mainyard-arm, to the part where it exactly projects over the hoisted Tun

• usesWhip (tackle)

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  Tashtego employs a light tackle, referred to as a whip, to lower himself onto the whale's head and to hoist buckets.

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  He has carried with him a light tackle called a whip, consisting of only two parts, travelling through a single-sheaved block

• usesShort-handled Sharp Spade

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  Tashtego uses a short-handled sharp spade to carefully locate the proper place to begin breaking into the Sperm Whale's Case.

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  A short-handled sharp spade being sent up to him, he diligently searches for the proper place to begin breaking into the Tun

• usesIron-bound Bucket

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  Tashtego uses the stout iron-bound bucket, attached to the whip, to scoop out the spermaceti from the whale's tun.

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  a stout iron-bound bucket, precisely like a well-bucket, has been attached to one end of the whip

• usesLong Pole

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  Tashtego utilizes a long pole to guide the bucket into the Sperm Whale's Case and to ram deeper into it as the spermaceti level decreases.

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• falls_intoSperm Whale's Case

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  During the baling operation, Tashtego accidentally loses his grip and plunges head-first into the great tun of the Sperm Whale's Case.

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  dropped head-foremost down into this great Tun of Heidelburgh, and with a horrible oily gurgling, went clean out of sight!

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• protectsQueequeg

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  Tashtego continuously flourishes a keen whale-spade over Queequeg's head, slaughtering sharks to safeguard him.

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  Tashtego and Daggoo continually flourished over his head a couple of keen whale-spades, wherewith they slaughtered as many sharks as they could reach.

• usesWhale-spades

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  Tashtego employs whale-spades to fend off and kill sharks around Queequeg, acting as a protector.

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  Tashtego and Daggoo continually flourished over his head a couple of keen whale-spades, wherewith they slaughtered as many sharks as they could reach.

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• threatensDough-Boy

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  Tashtego has an 'ungentlemanly way' of accelerating Dough-Boy by darting a fork at his back, harpoon-wise.

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  then Tashtego had an ungentlemanly way of accelerating him by darting a fork at his back, harpoon-wise

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• sightsMoby Dick

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  Tashtego claims to have sighted Moby Dick almost simultaneously with Captain Ahab.

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  I saw him almost that same instant, sir, that Captain Ahab did, and I cried out,” said Tashtego.

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• holds_roleHarpooneer

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  Tashtego is identified as the harpooneer who serves as Stubb's squire.

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  Next was Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha’s Vineyard, where there still exists the last remnant of a village of red men, which has long supplied the neighboring island of Nantucket with many of her most daring harpooneers.

• is_fromGay Head

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  Tashtego is an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha's Vineyard.

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  Tashtego, an unmixed Indian from Gay Head, the most westerly promontory of Martha’s Vineyard,

• is_squire_toStubb

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  Tashtego serves as the squire or assistant to Stubb, the second mate, during the whaling expeditions.

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  Tashtego was Stubb the second mate’s squire.

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• usedBoat-knife

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  Tashtego snatched the boat-knife to cut the whale line, following Stubb's command.

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  Snatching the boat-knife from its sheath, he suspended its sharp edge over the line

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• mountsMast-head

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  Tashtego, Queequeg, and Daggoo eagerly climb to their respective mast-heads to keep watch.

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  he saw Tashtego, Queequeg, and Daggoo, eagerly mounting to the three mast-heads

• holdsRed Flag

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  Tashtego is seen with the red flag half-wrapping him as he stands at the mast-head, holding a hammer.

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  the red flag, half-wrapping him as with a plaid, then streamed itself straight out from him

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• serves_aslook-out

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  Tashtego is positioned as a look-out, standing on the cap of the top-gallant-mast beneath Ahab.

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  Tashtego standing just beneath him on the cap of the top-gallant-mast

• claims_to_have_seenMoby Dick

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  Tashtego claims to have seen Moby Dick almost at the same instant as Captain Ahab.

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  I saw him almost that same instant, sir, that Captain Ahab did, and I cried out,” said Tashtego

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• alerts_toMalays

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  Tashtego's voice is heard drawing attention to the Malays who are in the Pequod's wake.

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  the voice of Tashtego was heard, loudly directing attention to something in our wake

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• works_onMain-top-sail yard

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  Tashtego is actively passing new lashings around the main-top-sail yard.

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• performs_actiontremendous_leading_stroke

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  Tashtego executes a powerful initial rowing stroke that sets the pace for the boat, inspiring the other oarsmen.

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  the one tremendous leading stroke which the eager Indian gave

• hurlsHarpoon

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  Tashtego, upon Stubb's command, throws the harpoon, successfully striking the whale.

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  “Stand up, Tashtego!—give it to him!” The harpoon was hurled

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• referenced_byPagan Harpooneers

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  Daggoo, Queequeg, Tashtego

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• observesFrench Sailor

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  Tashtego watches the French Sailor's enthusiastic dancing and comments on it from his perspective as a 'white man's fun'.

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  That’s a white man; he calls that fun: humph! I save my sweat.

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• is_subject_ofRescue of Tashtego

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  Tashtego is the individual who is rescued from the whale's head in the dramatic event.

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  poor, buried-alive Tashtego was sinking utterly down to the bottom of the sea!

• falls_intoSperm Whale's Head

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  Tashtego accidentally falls into the opening of the whale's head after the enormous mass drops into the sea.

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  poor, buried-alive Tashtego was sinking utterly down to the bottom of the sea!

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• received_secret_fromThree confederate white seamen

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  Tashtego was communicated the secret part of the story by one of the three confederate white seamen from the Town-Ho.

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  one of whom, it seems, communicated it to Tashtego with Romish injunctions of secrecy

• revealed_part_ofThe Town-Ho's Story

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  Tashtego, while rambling in his sleep, revealed much of the secret part of the Town-Ho's story.

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  Tashtego rambled in his sleep, and revealed so much of it in that way, that when he was wakened he could not well withhold the rest.

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• is_located_inCross-trees

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  Tashtego was positioned high in the cross-trees as a lookout.

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  High aloft in the cross-trees was that mad Gay-Header, Tashtego.

• uttersThere she blows!

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  Tashtego emits the distinctive cry used to signal the presence of a whale.

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  There she blows! there! there! there! she blows! she blows!”

• uttersThere go flukes!

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  Tashtego makes the cry indicating the whales have shown their flukes and gone down.

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  There go flukes!” was now the cry from Tashtego

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• appearance affected byCorpusants

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  Tashtego's shark-white teeth gleamed strangely, illuminated by the preternatural light of the corpusants.

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  The parted mouth of Tashtego revealed his shark-white teeth, which strangely gleamed as if they too had been tipped by corpusants

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