# Makamuk — Lost Face character guide

> Makamuk in Lost Face by Jack London.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** O Makamuk

**First appearance:** 0000-lost-face

## Snapshot

A Nulato chief whose people have taken Subienkow and the fur-thieves prisoner, presiding over the slow, deliberate torture of the captives in the snow.

## Who they are

Makamuk rules the Nulato Indians who have captured Subienkow's party, and his people's handling of Big Ivan — men first, then women — shows a practiced, communal cruelty. He is the authority behind the ordeal that Subienkow watches with shuddering dread, the power that has ended the long trail from Warsaw. His presence frames the story's central question: not whether Subienkow will die, but how he will bear it.

## Relationships

### [Subienkow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/subienkow)

_rivalry_

Makamuk and Subienkow are adversaries, with Makamuk representing the tribal force that captures and torments Subienkow.

### [Yakaga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/yakaga)

_professional_

Makamuk and Yakaga are allies in the tribal hierarchy, working together against Subienkow.

### [Subienkow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/subienkow)

_rivalry_

Makamuk and Subienkow are adversaries, with Makamuk representing the tribal force that captures and torments Subienkow.

### [Subienkow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/subienkow)

_rivalry_

Makamuk and Subienkow are adversaries, with Makamuk representing the tribal force that captures and torments Subienkow.

### [Yakaga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/yakaga)

_professional_

Makamuk and Yakaga are allies in the tribal hierarchy, working together against Subienkow.

### [Yakaga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/characters/yakaga)

_professional_

Makamuk and Yakaga are allies in the tribal hierarchy, working together against Subienkow.

## In the story

### [Lost Face](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lost_face_se/chapters/lost-face)

The head-chief of the Nulato Indians, who is tricked by Subienkow and later shamed, becoming known as 'Lost Face'.

## Links

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