# Billy Tabeshaw — Short Fiction character guide

> Billy Tabeshaw in Short Fiction by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Bill, Will, William, Billy

**First appearance:** 0004-indian-camp

## Snapshot

A fat Ojibway logger with a thin mustache, silent through the doctor's quarrel with Dick Boulton, who quietly fastens the gate the others left open.

## Who they are

Billy Tabeshaw leans on his cant-hook while Dick Boulton picks a fight with Dr. Adams over stolen logs, sweating through the whole row without understanding a word of it. When the men walk off through the back gate, Dick leaves it open; Billy goes back and latches it. That small, wordless gesture—courtesy where none was asked—is the moral center of 'The Doctor and the Doctor's Wife,' set against the doctor's temper and his wife's serene Christian Science.

## Relationships

### [Nick Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/nick_adams)

_friendship_

Billy Tabeshaw and Nick Adams are close friends and companions, often engaging in outdoor activities and conversations.

### [Turner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/turner)

_friendship_

Billy Tabeshaw and Turner are companions, likely sharing adventures or work in a rural setting.

### [Nick Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/nick_adams)

_friendship_

Billy Tabeshaw and Nick Adams are close friends and companions, often engaging in outdoor activities and conversations.

### [Turner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/turner)

_friendship_

Billy Tabeshaw and Turner are companions, likely sharing adventures or work in a rural setting.

### [Nick Adams](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/nick_adams)

_friendship_

Billy Tabeshaw and Nick Adams are close friends and companions, often engaging in outdoor activities and conversations.

### [Turner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/turner)

_friendship_

Billy Tabeshaw and Turner are companions, likely sharing adventures or work in a rural setting.

## In the story

### [The Doctor and the Doctor’s Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/the-doctor-and-the-doctor-s-wife)

Indian who works with Dick Boulton, remains serious during the argument.

### [The End of Something](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/the-end-of-something)

Bill arrives after Marjorie leaves, asks Nick how he feels, and takes a sandwich from the lunch basket.

### [The Three Day Blow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/the-three-day-blow)

Bill hosts Nick, pours drinks, talks about baseball and literature, and suggests they go hunting.

### [Ten Indians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/ten-indians)

Mentioned by Carl Garner as possibly being one of the drunken Indians on the road.

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