Major Characters
Major Characters
Background: A group of former slaves embarked on an epic journey at the end of the Civil War. They left a burned-out plantation in Louisiana and traveled to south Texas to gather wild longhorns and mustangs. After wintering there, they moved themselves and all their stock to the Purgatoire Valley in southeastern Colorado Territory.
Twenty-three homesteads initially were filed. They called this collection of homesteads Freedom Town.
During their journey and after establishing Freedom Town, a number of other people joined the original group, including the two main characters in this book – Clark and Grant Cannon.
Angelina: Grant’s wife, daughter of Gloria. Argeni: Comanche, mother of Na’ura, wife of Talako. Cat Jones: Primary leader of Freedom Town. Competent with all forms of weaponry, including his throwing knives and 14-inch Arkansas Toothpick (Bowie). Catori: Ute teenager, son of Chief Ouray. Chaffee: Denver legislator, banker, mine owner. Brought Clark to Denver as an assistant. Clark: Young white man who joined Freedom Town after helping them fight off an Indian attack. Became assistant to Chaffee. Brother of Grant. Dale: Father of Clark and Grant. Fernando: Young Mexican who scouts for the freight line. Trained by Gabe. Gabe: Homesteader, son of William and Cat’s mother, half-brother to Cat, Cletus, and Justin, a former slave. Gato: Cat’s brother, found in Cuba. Gloria: Joined Freedom Town after saving Rufus and Boo, mate of Rufus, mother of Angelina. Grant: Young white man who joined Freedom Town after helping them fight off an Indian attack. Brother of Clark. Guadalupe: Ricardo Casillas daughter, mate of Skeeter. Juana: Joins Freedom after being rescued from Indian kidnappers. Kate: Rescued from slavers, Lizzie’s sister. Koi: Homesteader, Choctaw, brother of Talako, taught Cat and Cletus woodcraft when all were boys. Mate of Na’ura. Kostini: Father of Koi and Talako, mate of Talulah. Lily: Homesteader, sister to Walter and William, only white person to leave Louisiana with the caravan, known as Miss Lily and Lady Lilian Sheffield Blackstone. Helped lead the caravan. Margo: Mate of Clark, daughter of Chaffee. Martha: Dale’s wife and mother of Clark and Grant. Morgan: Denver mine owner, Margo’s father, father-in-law of Clark. Na’ura: Comanche kidnapped when a child Kiowa. Found by homesteaders and joins the group. Becomes the mate of Koi and a valuable member of Freedom Town. Robley: Captain of Colorado Rangers. Rufus: Homesteader, a former slave who fought for Union, saved Cat’s life when Cletus was killed. Santana: Paso Fino trainer from Havana. Skeeter: Arrived in Freedom Town with Solomon, mate of Guadalupe. Solomon: Former slave, part of a group, kept in bondage by an unscrupulous planter for two years after the Civil War. Talako: Homesteader, Choctaw, brother of Koi, taught Cat woodcraft when all were boys, mate of Angeni.
