Character guide

Hugh Glass

major

Also known as Old Hugh Glass, Old Glass, Glass, Hugh

A legendary mountain man who survives a bear attack and crawls across the wilderness seeking vengeance.

Mike Fink

major

Also known as Fink

A boastful, violent keelboatman and rival of Hugh Glass.

Frank Talbeau

major

Also known as Talbeau, Fink Talbeau

A young keelboatman who joins the Ashley expedition and later becomes a mountain man.

Little Jim

major

Also known as Jamie, the wistful Jamie

A young boy who befriends Hugh Glass and later becomes a mountain man.

Red Cloud

major

Also known as Man Afraid, the Ogalalas

A powerful Oglala Lakota war leader who opposes the white incursions.

Crazy Horse

major

Also known as Young Crazy Horse, the mad Sioux

A visionary Oglala Lakota warrior who leads resistance against the U.S. Army.

Will Carpenter

supporting

Also known as Carpenter, Bill, Poor old Bill

A veteran mountain man and friend of Hugh Glass.

Jules Le Bon

supporting

Also known as Le Bon

A French-Canadian trapper and member of the Ashley expedition.

George Armstrong Custer

major

Also known as Custer

The flamboyant U.S. cavalry commander who meets his end at the Little Bighorn.

Major Andrew Henry

supporting

Also known as Henry, Major Henry, the Major

A leader of the Ashley-Henry fur trading expedition.

Spotted Tail

supporting

Also known as Spotted Tail Arose

A Brulé Lakota chief who advocates for peace with the whites.

Colonel Maynadier

minor

Also known as the Colonel

A U.S. Army officer involved in negotiations with the Sioux.

Sitting Bull

supporting

Also known as Bull

A Hunkpapa Lakota holy man and leader of the resistance.

Roman Nose

minor

A Cheyenne warrior chief known for his bravery in battle.

Hohay

minor

A Lakota warrior and ally of Crazy Horse.

Gray Fox

minor

Also known as Gray, the Gray Fox

A Cheyenne warrior who fights at Beecher's Island.

General William S. Harney

minor

Also known as Harney

A U.S. Army general known for his campaigns against the Sioux.

William H. Ashley

supporting

Also known as General Ashley

A fur trader and entrepreneur who organized the Ashley expedition.

Captain William J. Fetterman

minor

Also known as Fetterman

A U.S. Army officer killed with his command in a Sioux ambush.

Captain Howard Morton

minor

Also known as Morton yonder, Howard

A U.S. Army officer at Fort Phil Kearney.

Dull Knife

minor

Also known as Knife

A Cheyenne chief who leads his people in a desperate escape.

Major Marcus Reno

minor

Also known as Reno

A U.S. cavalry officer who survived the Little Bighorn battle.

Sergeant Hanley

minor

Also known as Hanley

A U.S. Army sergeant at Fort Phil Kearney.

Gall

minor

A Hunkpapa Lakota war chief who fights at the Little Bighorn.

Tommy Doyle

minor

Also known as Young Tommy Doyle, Doyle

A young soldier at Fort Phil Kearney.

Black Kettle

minor

Also known as Old Black Kettle

A Cheyenne chief who sought peace but was killed at Washita.

General George Crook

minor

Also known as Crook

A U.S. Army general who campaigned against the Sioux and Cheyenne.

Red Hawk

minor

Also known as Now Red Hawk

A Lakota warrior who participates in the sun dance.

Brigadier-General Edward S. Godfrey

minor

Also known as Godfrey

A U.S. Army officer who survived the Little Bighorn.

Bowers

minor

Also known as And Bowers

A soldier at Fort Phil Kearney.

Old Pierre Trudeau

minor

Also known as Trudeau

An old French-Canadian trapper and storyteller.

Stillwell

minor

A scout and survivor of the Fetterman fight.

Captain Wier

minor

A U.S. cavalry officer at the Little Bighorn.

Crow King

minor

Also known as King

A Hunkpapa Lakota war chief who fought at the Little Bighorn.

Colonel Henry B. Carrington

minor

Also known as Carrington

The U.S. Army commander who built Fort Phil Kearney.

Brigadier-General George A. Forsyth

minor

Also known as Forsyth

A U.S. Army officer who commanded scouts at Beecher's Island.

Mr. Wallace

minor

Also known as Wallace

A civilian at Fort Phil Kearney.

Captain James Powell

minor

Also known as Powell

A U.S. Army officer who defended the Wagon Box corral.

Mooers

minor

A soldier at Fort Phil Kearney.

Hump

minor

Also known as Hump the Elder

A Cheyenne warrior who fought at Beecher's Island.

General Alfred Terry

minor

Also known as Terry

A U.S. Army general who commanded forces at the Little Bighorn.

Running Wolf

minor

Also known as The Wolf of Washita

A Cheyenne warrior who fought at the Washita River.

Chief Joseph

minor

Also known as Joseph

A Nez Perce leader mentioned in the context of the Indian wars.

Manuel Lisa

minor

Also known as Alice

A fur trader and explorer of the Missouri River.

Captain James H. Cook

minor

Also known as Jim

A scout and rancher who knew Crazy Horse.

General John C. Frémont

minor

Also known as Frémont

An explorer and military officer mentioned in the narrative.

Sergeant Max Littman

minor

Also known as Sergeant Samuel Gibson, Littman, Gibson

A U.S. Army sergeant at Fort Phil Kearney.

Old Robertson

minor

An old mountain man who tells stories.

Hank Haggirty

minor

Also known as Haggirty

A keelboatman on the Ashley expedition.

Jenness

minor

A soldier at Fort Phil Kearney.

John G. Neihardt

minor

Also known as John G. Neihardt Branson

The author of the book, appearing as a narrator.

Lieutenant Pike

minor

Also known as Pike

A U.S. Army officer at Fort Phil Kearney.

Jedediah Smith

minor

Also known as Smith

A famous mountain man and explorer of the West.

Satanta

minor

A Kiowa chief known for his oratory and warfare.

Little Raven

minor

A Southern Arapaho chief who sought peace.

Farley

minor

A soldier at Fort Phil Kearney.

General John Gibbon

minor

Also known as Gibbon

A U.S. Army general who commanded forces at the Little Bighorn.

Captain French

minor

A U.S. Army officer at Fort Phil Kearney.