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From "The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" by Parkman, Francis
The Captain
British traveling companion
Core Belief
"Anything for a quiet life; avoiding conflict and maintaining harmony are paramount, even at the expense of personal conviction."
Worldview
He sees the world as a place of potential conflict, best navigated by avoiding confrontation and maintaining a pleasant demeanor. He values social harmony and personal comfort above all else.
Personality
Easy-going, indecisive, and somewhat hapless, the Captain serves as a foil to R.'s domineering personality. He is a former British army officer, possessing a strong sense of military propriety but lacking the will to enforce it.
In Their Own Words
"Now my advice is--"
"Oh, anything for a quiet life! that’s my maxim."
"For twenty years I have been in the British army; and in all that time I never had half so much dissension, and quarreling, and nonsense, as since I have been on this cursed prairie."
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