Jack London Dog Stories: The Call of the Wild and White Fang characters

Appears from the start

A large dog raised on a California estate, then stolen and sold into Klondike sled service. Intelligent, proud, and physically powerful, Buck must adapt quickly when comfort is replaced by hard labor and violence.

Appears from the start

An experienced government courier who buys Buck for northern sled work and recognizes his unusual quality.

Appears from the start

Perrault's companion and the capable driver who teaches Buck the work and discipline of a sled team.

Appears from the start

The experienced white lead dog of François's team. Spitz quickly identifies Buck as a rival and defends his authority through intimidation and force.

First appears in chapter 5

A seasoned outdoorsman who encounters Buck after an inexperienced party has driven its sled team to exhaustion. He sees the dog's condition and intervenes against further abuse.

Also known as the she-wolf

First appears in chapter 8

A wolf-dog who helps lure sled dogs away from two starving men traveling through the northern wilderness. She is cautious, intelligent, and closely tied to the wild pack shadowing them.

First appears in chapter 11

A gray wolf who pairs with Kiche after the famine. Scarred by earlier conflicts but experienced and resourceful, he helps provide for her when she makes a den.

First appears in chapter 12

Kiche's gray cub, born in a wilderness den during a time of scarcity. More vigorous and inquisitive than his littermates, he gradually learns the boundaries of the den and the laws of hunger and danger outside it.

First appears in chapter 16

An Indigenous man who recognizes Kiche as the offspring of a wolf and a dog once owned by his family. He claims both her and her cub when they enter his camp and gives the cub his name.

First appears in chapter 16

A puppy in Gray Beaver's camp who immediately attacks the inexperienced White Fang. Lip-lip's persistent persecution helps isolate the young wolf-dog from the other dogs.

First appears in chapter 23

A cruel white man at Fort Yukon who becomes determined to own White Fang. He exploits Gray Beaver's weakness for alcohol to gain control of the animal.

First appears in chapter 26

A visiting mining engineer who sees White Fang trapped in a brutal dogfight and stops the contest. Scott is appalled by the animal's treatment and takes responsibility for him.

First appears in chapter 25

Weedon Scott's experienced dog driver. Matt helps care for White Fang and approaches the suspicious animal with patience and practical caution.

First appears in chapter 29

Weedon Scott's father, a retired judge living with the Scott family in California. He doubts that White Fang can safely adapt to the household but judges the animal by what he does rather than by appearance alone.