# Pew — Treasure Island character guide

> Pew in Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Old Pew, Master Pew

**First appearance:** 0006-iii-the-black-spot

## Snapshot

A blind beggar whose tapping stick and soft voice carry more menace than any drawn cutlass in the opening chapters.

## Who they are

Old Pew moves through the early chapters as a figure of eerie authority, finding his way by sound and delivering messages that terrify hardened sailors. His blindness makes him seem helpless, yet he commands fear and obedience from men who could break him with one hand. He represents the long reach of the pirate past into Jim's quiet inn life, and his arrival signals that Billy Bones's hiding place has finally been found.

## In the story

### [Treasure Island](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/treasure-island)

The blind pirate who delivers the Black Spot to Billy Bones.

### [Part I: The Old Buccaneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/part-i-the-old-buccaneer)

A blind pirate who delivers the Black Spot to Billy Bones.

### [III: The Black Spot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/iii-the-black-spot)

A terrifying blind beggar who delivers the black spot to Captain Bones, using force and intimidation.

### [IV: The Sea-Chest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/iv-the-sea-chest)

The blind beggar taps his stick outside the inn door, terrifying Jim and his mother.

### [The Last of the Blind Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/treasure_island_se/chapters/v-the-last-of-the-blind-man)

The blind beggar leads the raid, is deserted by his men, and is trampled to death by horses.

## Links

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