Answer:
The narrator of the excerpt from Island of the Blue Dolphins shares various details about the situation on the island and the preparations being made by both the villagers and the Aleuts. Specifically, the narrator knows or shares:
There are no trees on the island except for small ones stunted by the wind.
When a log washes ashore, it is carried to the village and worked on where a chance wave cannot wash it away.
Men were sent to hollow out a log in the cove and sleep beside it to watch the Aleuts and give an alarm if they try to leave without paying for the otter skins.
Others also kept watch on the Aleut camp to bring news to the village.
Ulape reported that the Aleut woman spent a whole afternoon cleaning her skin aprons, which she had not done before.
Ramo reported seeing Captain Orlov carefully trimming his beard.
The Aleuts who sharpened the log spears stopped their work to skin otters brought in at dusk.
The villagers knew that Captain Orlov and his hunters were getting ready to leave the island, and they were uncertain whether they would pay for the otter or try to sneak away in the night.
The narrator's father is working on a new spear each night but does not speak about the situation.
The narrator is able to share these details because they are observing the events and conversations taking place in the village and relaying them to the reader. The narrator is not directly involved in the action but is providing a description of the situation as an outsider looking in.