# Scruff Mackenzie — The Son of the Wolf character guide

> Scruff Mackenzie in The Son of the Wolf by Jack London.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Scruff " Mackenzie, Mackenzie, Scruff

**First appearance:** 0001-the-son-of-the-wolf

## Snapshot

A bulky frontiersman who strides into a chief's tent with a beaded sheath and a speech about Raven and Wolf, determined to claim a bride across the bloodline.

## Who they are

Scruff Mackenzie — called Moose-Killer, the Wolf, the Son of the Wolf — is a white hunter who has decided his empty lodge needs a woman, and he wants Thling-Tinneh's daughter. He pleads his suit with the eloquence of a man who has absorbed the Raven myth into his own courtship, laying presents at the chief's feet while the young men of the camp mutter in sullen groups. His boldness collides with the chief's insistence that king salmon does not mate with dog salmon, forcing Mackenzie to argue his way past the oldest law of the land.

## Relationships

### [The White Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/the_white_man)

_rivalry_

Scruff Mackenzie and The White Man are antagonists, clashing over territory and resources in the wilderness.

### [The Bear](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/the_bear)

_rivalry_

Scruff Mackenzie and The Bear are adversaries in a life-or-death struggle for survival in the wild.

### [The Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/the_fox)

_rivalry_

Scruff Mackenzie and The Fox are antagonists, with the fox often outsmarting Mackenzie in their encounters.

### [The White Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/the_white_man)

_rivalry_

Scruff Mackenzie and The White Man are antagonists, clashing over territory and resources in the wilderness.

### [The White Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/the_white_man)

_rivalry_

Scruff Mackenzie and The White Man are antagonists, clashing over territory and resources in the wilderness.

### [The Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/characters/the_fox)

_rivalry_

Scruff Mackenzie and The Fox are antagonists, with the fox often outsmarting Mackenzie in their encounters.

## In the story

### [The Son of the Wolf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/the-son-of-the-wolf)

The protagonist, a practical and hardened frontiersman who decides to take a wife from the Upper Tanana Sticks tribe.

### [The Men of Forty-Mile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/the-men-of-forty-mile)

Serves as temporary chairman of the impromptu meeting and is involved in the dog incident.

### [The Wife of a King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_son_of_the_wolf_se/chapters/the-wife-of-a-king)

Protagonist who seeks a native wife to solidify his position in the Yukon.

## Links

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