Pahouin Chief's Son

"Thank you, Oganga. Thank you for taking away my pain."

- Chief's Son

The Pahouin Chief's Son was the teenaged son of the Pahouin Chief, of a village on the shore of a tributary of the Ogowe River in French Equatorial Africa.

In January 1917, he fell ill, so his father sent three men to hurry downriver to fetch Oganga. The next day, the doctor came to the village, via the Collette, with his assistant Joseph and acting boat-captain Indiana Jones. Inside his hut, Dr. Schweitzer anesthetized the young man before beginning the surgery on his abdomen. After finishing the operation, Dr. Schweitzer called in the chief to see his son. Free of pain, the young man thanked Oganga, using Joseph as a translator. Oganga charged the lad with a promise that, as one who had felt suffering, to work to ease the suffering of others, and never cause suffering. While the boy recuperated, his father spoke with Jones, Schweitzer and Joseph outside by the fire.

Behind the scenes
David Odero played Chief's Son in the episode "Congo, January 1917" of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles.

Appearances

 * The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
 * "Congo, January 1917" Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life