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