# Tashtego — Moby-Dick character guide

> Tashtego in Moby-Dick by Herman Melville.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Gay-Header, mad Gay-Header, Tash

**First appearance:** 0027-xxiv-the-advocate

## Who they are

A skilled Native American harpooner from Gay Head, who serves as Stubb's boat-steerer on the Pequod.

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