Cry of the Hawk

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Hook Family

Jonah Hook

Gritta (Moser) Hook

Hattie Hook

Jeremiah Hook

Ezekiel Hook

Hook’s Mentor

Shadrach Sweete Toote Sweete/Shell Woman

Pipe Woman—daughter

High-Backed Bull—son

Danite Freebooters

Colonel Jubilee Usher

Major Lemuel “Boothog” Wiser

Captain Eloy Hastings

Riley Fordham

Laughing Jack

Healy Stamps

Sam Palmer

Major Military Characters

General William Tecumseh Sherman—Commander, Military Division of the Missouri

Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan—Commander, Military Dept. of the Platte

Lieutenant Caspar Collins

General Patrick E. Connor—Commander, Military Dept. of the Plains

Captain Henry Leefeldt—Co. K (Camp Marshall)

Captain A. Smith Lybe

Sergeant Amos Custard—11th Kansas Cavalry

First Sergeant William R. Moody—Co. I

Major Martin Anderson—Platte Bridge Station, post commander

Captain Henry Bretney—11th Ohio Cavalry

Lieutenant George Walker—Platte Station Adjutant

Corporal James Shrader—11th Kansas Cavalry

Captain Henry E. Palmer—Powder River Exped. Quartermaster

Colonel Henry E. Maynadier—Commander, Fort Laramie

Dr. Henry R. Porter—surgeon, 7th U. S. Cavalry, Ft. Hays

Captain Frederick W. Benteen—7th U. S. Cavalry

Major Wycliffe Cooper—7th U. S. Cavalry

Captain George W. Yates—7th U. S. Cavalry

Lieutenant Myles W. Moylan—7th U. S. Cavalry

Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer—7th U. S. Cavalry

Lieutenant Thomas Ward Custer—7th U. S. Cavalry

Major Joel H. Elliott—7th U. S. Cavalry

Captain Louis M. Hamilton—7th U. S. Cavalry

Lieutenant Lyman S. Kidder—2nd U. S. Cavalry

Lieutenant Edward Godfrey—7th U. S. Cavalry

Pawnee Battalion Major Frank North Lieutenant Issac Davis (Co. B) Captain Luther North Half Rope

Lieutenant/Captain James Murie (Co. B) Sgt. Bear Runs Him

Major Indian Characters Crazy Horse—Oglalla Porcupine—Cheyenne Spotted Tail—Brule Whistler—Brule

Roman Nose—Cheyenne war chief Grass Singing—Pawnee

George Bent—half-breed Cheyenne son of fur trader Bent Black Kettle—Cheyenne

Blind Wolf—Cheyenne chief (father to High-Back Wolf) Pawnee Killer—Brule Spotted Wolf—Cheyenne Young Man Afraid—Oglalla He Dog—Oglalla High-Back Wolf—Cheyenne Turkey Leg—Cheyenne chief

Major Scouts

Jim Bridger

Captain E. W. Nash—Omaha and Winnebago scouts (Powder River)

California Joe (Moses) Milner—Hancock Expedition

Jack Corbin—Hancock Expedition

James Butler Hickok—Hancock Expedition

Will Comstock—Platte River Expedition

Major Civilian Characters

Nathan (Nate) Deidecker—newsman, Omaha Bee

Artus Moser

Samuel Hosking

Eldon Boatwright

Major Edward W. Wynkoop—government agent to the Cheyenne

Colonel Jesse W. Leavenworth—government agent to the Sioux

Sidney Gould—mercantile sutler, Fort Larned