Moketubbe

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Moketubbe
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Moketubbe
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Race: 
Indian
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Indian Chief
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Dies
Family: 
Issetibbeha|Ikkemotubbe
Family (new): 
Cause of Death: 
Murder
Biography: 

Issetibbeha's son, Moketubbe becomes the tribe's chief, "the Man," on his father's death (363). He appears in the narrative, and disappears from it too, very quickly. Although the narrator does not say so, like his unnamed son Moketubbe is presumably killed by his cousin Ikkemotubbe when, three years after the main story has ended, Ikkemotubbe returns to the Plantation with his box of "strong salt," i.e. poison, and his determination to become chief (363). At any rate, shortly after his return Ikkemotubbe "was himself the Man" (363).

Individual or Group: 
Individual
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Date of Death: 
Wednesday, January 1, 1823 to Sunday, December 31, 1826

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