LIST OF PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS
Moreby Acklom translation
Europeans
Pierre de Lursac A young administrative official of French Indo-China.
Father Ravennes Priest of the Apostolic Mission to the Banhars.
Michael Redeski Of the French army: Lieutenant in service in Indo-China.
Wanda His sister.
Rabaud Captain of an up-country river steamer.
Jules Bressond The narrator of the story: a boyhood friend of de Lursac's.
Natives
Jieng Chief sorceress and high priestess of the Moï tribes.
Maa-Wang "The-Man-who-goes-in-Front."
Ngur }
Pâa } Native guides.
Hmon A woman of the Stieng tribe.
Scene: The city of Saigon (capital of French Indo-China) and the unexplored, inaccessible forests surrounding the Pou-Kas, the principal peak of the Annamite range.