DRAMATIS PERSONAE
American Characters
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: U.S. secretary of state; candidate for president in the 1824 election.
ADAM BEATTY: Adviser to Henry Clay.
JACOB BROWN: Major general, commander of the U.S. Army.
WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: American poet and newspaper reporter.
JOHN C. CALHOUN: U.S. senator from South Carolina; candidate for president in the 1824 election.
JULIA CHINN: Mulatto wife of Kentucky senator Richard M. Johnson; the marriage is invalid by Kentucky law.
HENRY CLAY: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; candidate for president in the 1824 election.
JOHN COFFEE: A close friend and associate of Andrew Jackson.
WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD: U.S. secretary of the treasury; candidate for president in the 1824 election.
ROBERT CRITTENDEN: Leader of the expedition to seize the Delta from Arkansas; scion of a prominent political family in Kentucky.
EDMUND GAINES: Brigadier general, U.S. Army; one of Jacob Brown’s two top subordinate officers.
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON: Retired U.S. Army officer.
ANDREW JACKSON HOUSTON: Son of Sam and Maria Hester Houston.
MARIA HESTER HOUSTON: Wife of Sam Houston; daughter of James Monroe.
SAM HOUSTON: Special commissioner for Indian Affairs in the Monroe administration; adopted son of Cherokee chief John Jolly; his Cherokee name is Colonneh, which means “The Raven.”
ANDREW JACKSON: Senator from Tennessee; candidate for president in the 1824 election.
THOMAS JESUP: Brigadier general, U.S. Army; quartermaster general for U.S. Army.
ADALINE JOHNSON: Daughter of Richard Johnson and Julia Chinn; twin to Imogene.
IMOGENE JOHNSON: Daughter of Richard Johnson and Julia Chinn; twin to Adaline.
RICHARD M. JOHNSON: Senator from Kentucky; married to Julia Chinn, although the marriage is invalid by Kentucky law.
JOSIAH JOHNSTON: Adviser to Henry Clay.
JAMES MONROE: President of the United States, 1816–1825.
PETER PORTER: Adviser to Henry Clay.
SCOTT POWERS: Adventurer; partner of Ray Thompson.
WINFIELD SCOTT: Brigadier general, U.S. Army; Brown’s other top subordinate officer.
ZACHARY TAYLOR: Lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army.
RAY THOMPSON: Adventurer; partner of Scott Powers.
MARTIN VAN BUREN: U.S. senator from New York; known as the Little Magician.
Arkansas Characters
CHARLES BALL: General, Arkansas Army.
JOHN BROWN: Abolitionist; a tanner from Ohio who moves to Arkansas.
SALMON BROWN: Abolitionist; brother of John Brown.
HENRY CROWELL: Banker and entrepreneur.
PATRICK DRISCOL: Principal chief, Arkansas Chiefdom. Also known as the Laird of Arkansas.
TIANA DRISCOL: Formerly Tiana Rogers; niece of Cherokee chief John Jolly; leader of the Arkansas Women’s Council.
MARIE LAVEAU: Former New Orleans voudou queen; now married to Charles Ball.
ANTHONY MCPARLAND: Captain, Arkansas Army.
CALLENDER MCPARLAND: Soldier, Arkansas Army; cousin of Anthony McParland.
SHEFFIELD PARKER: Freedman from Baltimore; later soldier and then officer in the Arkansas Army.
HENRY SHREVE: Steamboat designer and entrepreneur; business partner with Patrick Driscol and Henry Crowell.
UNCLE JEM: Freedman from Baltimore; later soldier in the Arkansas Army; uncle of Sheffield Parker.
Confederate Characters
DUWALI: Cherokee chief; also known as Chief Bowles or The Bowl.
PUSHMATAHA: Principal chief of the Choctaws.
JOHN RIDGE: Co-owner, with Buck Watie, of a major newspaper in the Confederacy; later an officer in the Arkansas Army; son of Major Ridge.
MAJOR RIDGE: A major Cherokee chief; father of John Ridge; uncle of Buck Watie.
JOHN ROSS: A major Cherokee chief.
BUCK WATIE: Co-owner, with John Ridge, of a major newspaper in the Confederacy; later an officer in the Arkansas Army; nephew of Major Ridge.
British Characters
THOMAS CLARKSON: A leader of the British antislavery movement.
DAVID ROSS: Son of Robert Ross.
ELIZA ROSS: Wife of Robert Ross.
ROBERT ROSS: Former major general, British army; active in the antislavery movement.
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE: Member of Parliament; a leader of the British antislavery movement.