# Kai-Koumou — In Search of the Castaways character guide

> Kai-Koumou in In Search of the Castaways by Jules Verne.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0048-xlix-a-momentous-interview

## Who they are

Maori chief who captures the Glenarvan party in New Zealand.

## In the story

### [XLVIII: Introduction to the Cannibals](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_search_of_the_castaways_se/chapters/xlviii-introduction-to-the-cannibals)

Maori chief who captures the party; his name means 'he who eats the limbs of his enemy'; intends to exchange or kill the prisoners.

### [A Momentous Interview](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_search_of_the_castaways_se/chapters/xlix-a-momentous-interview)

Maori chief who captures the party, seeks to exchange them for Tohonga, and declares them 'taboo' after the shooting.

### [The Chief's Funeral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/in_search_of_the_castaways_se/chapters/l-the-chief-s-funeral)

Acts as chief and priest, leading the funeral rites and condemning the captives to death.

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