He says they are "boys with sticks."
Ralph stabbed two boys with his spear, while evading Jack's hunters in the final chapter of the book: chapter 12: Cry of the Hunters.
In Chapter 4 of "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, Ralph is mad at Jack because the hunters were supposed to maintain the signal fire. The hunters barely hear or react to Ralph's tongue lashing, more distracted by the joy that they actually caught a pig.
Ralph decided that he could either hide and hope that the hunters went past his hiding place without spotting him or he could break through the advancing line of hunters, hopefully without being spotted.
Ralph is made chief in Chapter 1 of "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding.
Ralph does not have a 'tribe.' Jack calls his group of hunters his tribe but Ralph has no name for the boys who originally elected him as their chief. By chapter 10: the only named biguns who still remain near the shelters with Ralph are Piggy and the Twins, Samneric.
In Chapter 10 of "Lord of the Flies," the "others" are the group of boys who are not part of Jack's tribe. They consist of Ralph, Piggy, Sam, Eric, and a few other boys who are still loyal to Ralph's leadership. They continue to struggle against the savage behavior of Jack and his tribe.
In William Golding's novel "Lord of the Flies," it is Jack's group of savages who accompany him to steal fire from Ralph's camp. They violently attack Ralph and the other boys to steal the fire and assert their control over the island.
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That Ralph is still chief.
In Chapter 8 of "Lord of the Flies," Ralph is afraid of the loss of civilization and order on the island. His fear is compounded by the diminishing group cohesion and the increasing savagery exhibited by some of the boys, particularly Jack and his hunters. Ralph's fear stems from the realization that the boys are losing sight of their original goal of being rescued and are spiraling into chaos.
Jack attacked Piggy rather than Ralph because he knew Piggy wouldn't fight back. If he had attacked Ralph there was a good chance that Ralph would have beaten him and Jack couldn't take the risk of losing face in front of his own hunters.
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