White Feather
Real Name: White Feather
Identity/Class: Normal human/Mystic
Occupation: Seems to help at the S-ranch and with the deputying
Affiliations: Arendsoog (Bob Stanhope)
Enemies: Mostly prejudice, in addition to all enemies of Bob.
Known Relatives: White Beaver (father)
Aliases: White, Black Owl
Base of Operations: S-Ranch, Mining Valley, Arizona
First Appearance: Arendsoog #1 (1935)
Powers/Abilities: White Feather´s senses seem to be at leastas keen as possible for a human being. His hearing is incredible, he canhear a horse arriving, while sitting in the living room of the S-ranch duringa rain storm, and identify it as the sound of a single horse, and one thatis ridden. His knowledge of the use of plants for medical purposes is greaterthan that of most 19th century doctors.
In addition to that he has some more or less mystic abilities, he has "feelings"warning him for danger and such. More clearly is the fact that when Bob wasfalsely reported dead White Feather managed to discover in a trance withcertainty on which side of death his best friend could be found. It may wellbe that his coversion to the Roman Catholic faith kept him from using thosemystic abilities to find out more.
His English is not perfect, but he is not ignorant in that either. "Whatare Attorney-General?" "You know what is a Secretary of State for Justice?"nod- that kind of weird mixture of knowledge and ignorance.
White Feather is not a bad shot either. He is a master when it comes to stealthymovement. To him and his student liberating by stealth six prisoners heldby a gang of a 25 armed outlaws, is easy, hardly a challenge. White Feather'stracking abilities are roughly on the same level. He is a great rider anda greater horse trainer. His horse has been trained to become unrideableexcept for on command, but is mostly described as following Lightfeet.
History: White Feather was a Native American ally of the crimefightingcowboy Arendsoog.
Comments: White Feathers history is mostly a mystery; it isnot even known to which of the native peoples he belonged. They seemed tolive in Arizona, but whether they were native Arizonans, or recent immigrantsthere was never clarified. It seems that the characters in the series knowit, but they never mention the name of the people. He is from the start ofthe series Bob's friend, their friendship develops in something like kinship.
Initially White Feather was described more or less as a savage, who neededto be baptized and all by a Roman Catholic missionary. His good but savagenature was contrasted both with the bad guys and with Bob's civilized Christiangoodness. Bob stopped White Feather killing a bad guy, who had done enoughdespicable deeds to perhaps justify killing him. In the later books WhiteFeather grew into a more human character and their world became one thatwas clearly a White Man's World. Prejudice and discrimination against NativeAmericans was that bad that White Feather could not even go and help witha train disaster to prevent rumors about "them Injuns" doing it. In theirworld a bi-racial friendship between men is that rare that the friends areoften recognized by the combination of their races, even if they have assumedfalse identities.
Profile submitted by Theodoor Westerhof.
CLARIFICATIONS: None
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Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Norman Hathco*ck II is believed to have attained the highest number of recorded kills in the history of the United States Marine Corps (USMC). Known to his fellow soldiers as “Gunny,” Hathco*ck had ninety-three confirmed kills as a sniper during the Vietnam War.
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Though Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney passed away in February 2024, his legacy will never be forgotten. Chuck still holds the Marine Corps' record for the most confirmed sniper kills (and the second most of any US service member in history), having recorded 103 confirmed kills in 16 months during the Vietnam War.
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Simo Hayha was a Finnish military sniper in World War II during the 1939–1940 Winter War against the Soviet Union. He is the best sharpshooter and deadliest sniper in history as he killed over 500 men during the war. He used to carry Finnish-produced M/28-30 and Suomi KP/-31 submachine guns.
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Simo Hayha. The deadliest sniper in human history; 429 confirmed kills with numerous "probables."
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In its simplest form, the classic British trench used during the 1914–18 war was about six feet deep and three-and-a-half feet wide. It had a fire step, which was about 18 x 18 inches, where soldiers could stand and shoot at the enemy.
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With the outbreak of the First World War, the Order of the White Feather was founded as a propaganda campaign to shame men into signing up to join the fight, thus associating the white feather with cowardice and dereliction of duty.
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Also irritating is the choice of Broken Hand as the Chief's name, for the 'real' Broken Hand was a trapper : Thomas Fitzpatrick.
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Simo Häyhä was arguably the most prolific sniper of all time, earning the nickname “White Death” following up to 505 kills in the Finnish Winter War. Although seriously wounded just before the war ended, he went on to become a hunter and lived to the age of 96.
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Military snipers
| Name | Lived | Confirmed sniper kills |
|---|
| Simo Häyhä | 1905–2002 | 259-542 |
| Musa Herdem | 1987–2015 | |
| Matthäus Hetzenauer | 1924–2004 | 345 |
| Abukhadzhi Idrisov | 1918–1983 | 349+ |
57 more rowsSAN DIEGO — Chuck Mawhinney, the Camp Pendleton Marine who became the deadliest sniper in the corps' history while serving in the Vietnam War, died last week at his home in Baker City, Oregon. He was 75.
