 chief of the local tribe of Powhatan Indians. And John knows he needs to do something to impress this leader very quickly because his fate is in his hands. So he takes out his compass. An Opicon canoe had never seen anything like this before. And the needle moving some way that he doesn't know how it's moving. So he's impressed with this interesting item. And so John thinks, phew, I think I just saved my life. And