How do the events in this chapter characterize raftsmen?

based on the events in this chapter raftsmen weren't held to very high respects. first when the two men want to search Huck's raft. this is because they assumed that he would be helping run-away slaves, just because he is a raftsmen. then the incident with the steam boat. steam boat captains didn't think highly of raftsmen at all, they would come very close to hitting them some times knocking a board or two off. this particular boat didn't stop for them they plowed right through them, the only consideration they gave them was when they ran their raft over they turned off the engine. so do to the events in this chapter i would say rafts men were not thought highly of at all.