Dramatis Personae

Marilyn, twelve year old girl and narrator of the story; sister to Jane. Also know as:

• Blossom (Dunlap's nickname for her)
• Friend of the Ojbwe
• Bizhiw, which means “lioness,”
• Angel (Bishop Admundson's nickname for her).

Jane, sixteen year old girl, Marilyn's sister.

Mama, name unstated, mother of Marilyn and Jane

Dunlap, first name James, adult male. Dunlap's biological children are:

• Jebediah, also known as Jeb, nine or ten year old son of Dunlap via his first wife (who is now deceased)
• Lucy, seven or eight year old daughter of Dunlap via his first wife.

Little Crow, adult female, also known as Andeg (which means “crow”). Little Crow's biological children are:

• Drummer, also known as Daywaygantig, three or four year old boy
• Song, also known as Naganoon, three or four year old girl

Flannery, first name not stated, adult male. Father to Eliza.

Eliza, ten year old daughter of Flannery, also known as Elizabeth and Honeysuckle.

Bishop Admundson, adult male, first name Henry. The bishop's family consists of:

• Elizabeth Admundson, adult female, Bishop Admundson's wife
• Rosemary, fifteen or sixteen year old girl, Bishop Admundson's new wife
• Noah, eight year old son of Bishop and Elizabeth Admundson, twin to Holly.
• Holly, eight year old daughter of Bishop and Elizabeth Admundson, twin to Noah

Jack, Dunlap's bulldog
Beauty, Bishop Admundson's sheepdog

Mr. Stevenson, adult male, first name Henry, known as Ol' Doc. Owner of the wagon that Marilyn and her family first left Ohio in. With Ol' Doc are:

• Mrs. Stevenson, adult female, first name Abigal
• Johnnie, adult male, the Stevenson's son described as “simple minded”

Additional minor named characters:

• From Bishop Admundson's group:
• Hersteins, an older couple
• Johnsons; Hersteins's adult daughter, her husband and child
• Browns, an adult man with two wives and “a gaggle of young children”
• From Dunlap's group:
• Youngs; Cassandra and her husband Ernest and a little baby
• Jamesons; an adult male named Frank, his wife Amelia, and a baby
• Two brothers named Smith or Jones (they are secretive about their names)