| Pro | Little Wolf | | The Chief of the Northern Cheyenne. |
| | Ulysses S. | Grant | 18th U.S. President. |
| | Julia | Grant | Former First Lady of the United States. |
| | Amos | Chapman | An interpreter. |
| | May | Dodd | Formerly a patient in the Lake Forest Lunatic Asylum. |
| | | | THE JOURNALS OF MAY DODD |
| 1 | | | NOTEBOOK I A Train Bound for Glory |
| | Hortense 1 | | One of May Dodd's children. |
| | William | | One of May Dodd's children. Aka: Willie. |
| | | | 23 March 1875 |
| | Sidney | Kaiser | The hospital's chief physician. |
| | Harry | Ames | May Dodd's live-in-partner. |
| | Hortense 2 | | May Dodd's older sister. |
| | Franz | | A hospital attendant. |
| | Mr. | Benton | A recruiter. |
| | | Crowley | A nurse. |
| | Martha | Atwood | May Dodd's good friend. |
| | | | 27 March 1875 |
| | Walter | Woods | A banker. |
| | Helen Elizabeth | Flight | May's acquaintance. |
| | Ann | Hall | May's companion and collaborator. |
| | Monsieur | Audubon | An American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. |
| | Ada | Ware | One of May's acquaintances. |
| | Sara 1 | Johnstone | One of May's acquaintances. |
| | Margaret | Kelly | One of May's acquaintances. Aka: Meggie. |
| | Susan | Kelly | Margaret's twin sister. Aka: Susie. |
| | Daisy | Lovelace | One of May's acquaintances. |
| | Fern | Louise | Daisy's dog. |
| | Gretchen | Fathauer | May's friend. |
| | Cyrus | McCormick | Invented the reaper. |
| | Euphemia | Washington | May's new friend. Aka: Phemie. |
| | Narcissa | White | An evangelist. |
| | | | 8 April 1875—Fort Sidney, Nebraska Territory |
| | Lieutenant | James | A military officer. |
| | Abigail | | Lieutenant James' wife. |
| 2 | | | NOTEBOOK II Passage to the Wilderness |
| | | | 17 April 1875 |
| | John G. | Bourke | Captain, Third Cavalry, USA. |
| | George | Crook | A US Army General. |
| | Lydia | Bradley | Captain Bourke's fiancé. |
| | | | 19 April 1875 |
| | William | Shakespeare | An English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| | | | 21 April 1875 |
| | Jimmy | | May's new friend. |
| | | | 24 April 1875 |
| | Levi | Robinson | A lieutenant who was ambushed and murdered. |
| | | | 25 April 1875 |
| | Gertie | McCartney | Real name of Jimmy. Aka: a Dirty Gertie. |
| | | | 5 May 1875 |
| | Appleton | | An agent. |
| | | | 6 May 1875 |
| | W.P. | Clarke | The lieutenant who prepared the pamphlet for signed language. |
| | | | 7 May 1875 |
| | Coronel | Bradley | The senior Army officer. |
| | Coronel | Smith | A military officer. |
| | | | 8 May 1875 |
| | Tangle Hair | | A distinguished warrior who
chooses Martha. |
| | Black Man | | One who chooses Phemie. |
| | Bruyere | | A camp interpreter. |
| | Hog | | A famous Cheyenne warrior who chooses Helen. |
| | Yellow Wolf | | One who chooses Sara 1. |
| | Reverend | Hare | A corpulent Episcopal missionary. |
| | Soldier | | May's horse. |
| 3 | | | NOTEBOOK III My Life as an Indian Squaw |
| | | | 12 May 1875 |
| | Feather on Head | | Chief Little Wolf's second wife. |
| | Quiet One | | The Chief's first wife. |
| | | | 14 May 1875 |
| | Dog Woman | | Reverend Hare's tent mate. |
| | | | 15 May 1875 |
| | Turkey Legs | | One who chooses Narcissa White. |
| | | | 19 May 1875 |
| | Pretty Walker | | The Chief's daughter. |
| | Marie | Blanche | May's acquaintance. |
| | Madame | Bouvier | May's childhood tutor. |
| | | | 22 May 1875 |
| | Bridge Girl | | Dog Woman's apprentice. |
| | Miss | Williams | A dance teacher. |
| | Wesley | Chestnut | Former husband of Daisy Lovelace. |
| 4 | | | NOTEBOOK IV The Devil Whiskey |
| | | | 23 May 1875 |
| | Jeannette | Parker | A professional seamstress. |
| | Jules | Seminole | A man married to the chief's niece. |
| | | | 28 May 1875 |
| | Horse Boy | | The boy who tends to May's horse. |
| | White Bull | | A medicine man. |
| | Walking Whirlwind | | White Bull's acquaintance. |
| | | | 1 June 1875 |
| | Black Coyote | | A brash young warrior. |
| | Buffalo Calf Road Woman | | Phemie's new friend. |
| | Stares at Sun | | Black Coyote's rival. |
| | | | 5 June 1875 |
| | Alights on the Clouds | | A prominent Chief of the southern
Cheyenne's. |
| | | | 7 June 1875 |
| | Howling Woman | | Jules Seminole's wife. |
| | Crooked Nose | | An old tipi crone. |
| | Bloody Foot | | Daisy's husband. |
| | Blackbird | | Gerlie's boyfriend. |
| | General | Custer | An Army officer-in-charge of the expedition. |
| | | | 15 June 1875 |
| | Runs from Crow | | Marie Blanche's husband. |
| | Whistling Elk | | Ada Ware's husband. Aka: Stinking Flesh. |
| | One Bear | | Runs from Crow's younger brother |
| 5 | | | NOTEBOOK V A Gypsy's Life |
| | | | 1 August 1875 |
| | No Brain | | Gretchen's husband. |
| | | | 23 August 1875 |
| | Bad Horse | | Reverend Hare's acquaintance. |
| | Bear Sings Woman | | Bad Horse's wife. |
| | | | 10 September 1875 |
| | Hump | | The Sioux's chief. |
| 6 | | | NOTEBOOK VI The Bony Bosom of Civilization |
| | | | 14 September 1875, Fort Laramie (continued) |
| | Louis | Baptiste | A Frenchman who owned a trading post. Aka: Big Nose Little Man. |
| | LittleBat | | An interpreter. |
| | Jules | Escoffey | The proprietor of a trading post at Camp Robinson. |
| | Watkins | | The inspector of the Indian Bureau. |
| | Whipple | | A bishop. |
| | | | 18 September 1875 |
| | Robert E. | Strahorn | American journalist. |
| | | | 20 September 1875 |
| | Crazy Horse | | One of Sioux's leaders. |
| | Sitting Bull | | One of Sioux's leaders. |
| | | | 22 September 1875 |
| | Abbott | Anthony | A Benedictine's anchorite. |
| | Willie | | Feather on Head's son. |
| | | | 28 September 1875 |
| | Red Cloud | | The owner of the Red Cloud's agency. |
| | Carter | | An agent. |
| | Mrs. | Mallory | Owner of a boarding house. |
| | | | 8 October 1875 |
| | Woman who moves against the Wind | | Little Wolf's adviser. |
| 7 | | | NOTEBOOK VII Winter |
| | | | 12 December 1875 |
| | Dull Knife | | One of the heads of the state. |
| | Crazy Mule | | One of the heads of the state. |
| | | | 18 December 1875 |
| | Antelope Bowes Moving | | An old medicine man. |
| | | | 26 January 1876 |
| | Wren | | May's daughter. |
| | | | 29 January 1876 |
| | General | Sheridan | U.S. Army officer. |
| | Captain | Henely | U.S. Naval officer. |
| | Ranald S. | Mackenzie | United States Army officer and general in the Union Army. |
| | | | 17 February 1876 |
| | Tangle Hair Jr. | | Martha's son. |
| | | | 22 February 1876 |
| | Sara 2 | | Gretchen's daughter. |
| | | | 28 February 1876 |
| | Last Bull | | Kit Fox's leader. |
| | | | CODICIL |
| | Harold Wild Plums | | Grandson of May Dodd Little Wolf. |
| | Wesley | | Daisy's son. |
| | Dodd | | Christian name of Martha's son. |
| | Wild Plums | | Feather on Head's second husband. |
| Epi | May Swallow Wild Plums | | Harold's granddaughter. |
| | Will | Dodd | William's grandson. |
