| Albert | Angell | A lawyer. |
| Jouka | Autiovarra | One of the chairmakers. A church member. |
| Pirkka | Autiovarra | The refreshment seller at the Saturday dances. |
| Nikolai | Bobrikov | Governor General of Finland. |
| Bill | Brewer | Chief of the police. |
| Anna | Britta | Aksel's older sister. |
| Alvar | Carlson | The Swedish man that Aksel met. |
| Carl | Cobb | The sheriff. |
| Fred | Dahlquist | The current post commander. |
| Ed | Denning | Disque's captain. |
| Brice | Disque | Commanding officer of the Spruce Production Company. |
| Al | Drummond | The owner of First National Bank of Nordland. |
| Wesley | Everest | The young army. |
| Franz | Ferdinand | The Archduke of Austria. |
| Sophie | Ferdinand | Franz's wife. |
| Tycho | Finneman | One of the fishermen. |
| Demetrius | Galanis | An American Immigrant. |
| Gerald | Gleason | Knappton supervisor. |
| Gerald | Gleason | |
| Polly | Grimm | The city attorney. |
| Warren | Grimm | American Legion Commander. |
| Melker | Gustaffson | The count's manager. |
| Matti | Haapakangas | One of the chairmakers. A church member. |
| Joel | Hagglund | A Swede man that Aino met. AKA: Joseph. |
| Mrs. | Hawkins | Eleanor's teacher. |
| Bill | Haywood | The leader of Western Federation of Miners. |
| Meija | Herjarvi | One of Ilmari's colleagues. |
| John | Higgins | A general store owner. |
| Pastor | Hoikka | The evangelical Lutheran minister. |
| Pastor | Hoikka | The priest. |
| J.Edgar | Hoover | Director of FBI. |
| Toivo | Huttula | A hook tender. |
| Harold | Iverson | The man that Matti fought in the bunkhouse. Experienced bunker. |
| Pastor | Jarvi | Pastor Nieminen's friend. |
| Louhi | Jokinen | A brothel co-owner. |
| Rauha | Jokinen | Loui's daughter. |
| Alvar | Kari | The President of Lumber Manufacturing Cooperative. |
| Einar | Karlsson | The man who made Aksel's wooden leg. |
| Jouka | Kaukonen | Matti's co-logger and friend. |
| Jack | Kerwin | Kathleen's brother. |
| Aino | Koski | Maijaliisa's daughter. |
| Lemminki Matti | Koski | Maijaliisa's son. |
| Lokka | Koski | Vaino's sister. |
| Maijaliisa | Koski | The Koski's mother. A midwife. |
| Meilikki | Koski | Vaino's sister. |
| Tapio | Koski | Maijaliisa's husband. |
| Mr. | Kulmala | The Koski's neighbor. |
| Adolfiina | Laakkonen | The Koski's cousin. |
| Lars | Laakkonen | The Koski's cousin. |
| Mr. | Laakkonen | The Koski's neighbor. |
| Mrs. | Laakkonen | Mr. Laakkonen's wife. |
| Aksel | Langstrom | Gunnar's younger brother. Matti's friend. |
| Gunnar | Langstrom | Aksel's older brother. |
| Mrs. | Leppala | Aino and Aksel's neighbor. |
| Jens | Lerback | One of the men from Camp Three. |
| Frank | Little | An I.W.W. organizer. |
| George | Long | Weyerhaeuser's general manager. |
| Alexander | Mitchell-Palmer | Attorney General of U.S. |
| Pastor | Nieminen | The minister of the big church in Kokkola. |
| Ruusu | Pakanen | The man who took the choir robes. |
| Jenny | Pavola | The girl that Eleanor befriended. |
| Oscar | Penttila | The socialist that Aino met. AKA: Voitto. |
| John | Pershing | General of the Army. |
| Johan | Pokanen | A carver. |
| Gavrilo | Princip | A radical anarchist. |
| Kalle | Puskala | Ilmari's friend. |
| Lilo | Puskala | Kalle's wife. |
| Mrs. | Puumala | Maijaliisa's patient. |
| Heikki | Ranta | The young whistle punk befriended by Matti and Aksel. AKA: Kulerriki, Kullervo. |
| Yrjo | Rautio | Kullervo's colleague. |
| John | Reder | Owner of the logging company. |
| Margaret | Reder | John's wife. |
| Heppu | Reinikka | Kullervo's colleague. |
| Mrs. | Rinne | Aino's tutor. |
| Lempi | Rompinen | Aino's friend. |
| Jim | Rowland | One of the best in Aino's group. |
| Arvid | Saarenpaa | A known carpenter. |
| Emil | Saari | Kyllikki's father. |
| Hilda | Saari | Kyllikki's mother. |
| Kylikki | Saari | Matt's wife. |
| Antti | Salmi | One of the chair-makers. A church member. |
| Linna | Salmi | The refreshment seller at the Saturday dances. |
| Elmer | Smith | The Centralia local's lawyer. |
| Pehr Evind | Svinhufvud | Former President of Finland. |
| Dale | Swanson | One of Reder's workers. |
| Kathleen | Tierney | Michael's wife. |
| Michael | Tierney | The owner of Tierney's place. |
| Alfred | Tolversson | The fisherman who lost his temper. |
| Hannu | Ullakko | Ilmari's friend. |
| Ilmari | Vaino | Maijaliisa's oldest son. |
| Antero | Vipunen | The God of the Forest. |
| Ina | Virtanen | Aino's employer. |
| Abraham | Wirkkala | One of the chair=makers. A church member. |
| Sylvie | Wirkkala | Alma's niece. |
| Tuuli | Wirkkala | The organizer of women organizing cakes. |
| Alma | Wittala | Maijaliisa's second cousin. Manager of the kitchen at John Reder's camp. |
| Aarni | | Suvi's brother. |
| Alatalo | | A union fisherman. |
| Alexandrovich | | The grand duke. |
| Bergerson | | A sailor. |
| Eleanor | | Aino's daughter. |
| Galanis | | The Greek from the dance. |
| Helmi | | Rauha's baby. |
| Hendrickson | | A logger who lost an arm. |
| Jarvinen | | Aino's teacher. |
| Jennie | | Gunnar's aunt. |
| Jorma | | Rauha's son. |
| Jorma | | Suvi's cousin. |
| Kate | | Drummond's secretary. |
| Kellerki | | Mattie's co-worker. |
| Kozlov | | The Russian soldier. |
| Kusnetsov | | The Russian soldier. |
| Laulu | | Aino's new dog. |
| Lister | | Governor of Washington. |
| Martha | | Kullervo's friend. |
| Musti | | The Koski's dog. |
| Nygaard | | A general store owner in Knappton. |
| Pilvi | | Kylikki and Matti's child. |
| Raitanen | | Voitto's fellow traveler. |
| Rauta | | Voitto's superior. |
| Royce | | National Guard Captain. |
| Sandra | | Kullervo's friend. |
| Suvi | | Kyllikki's baby. |
| Vasutati | | The Indian basket-seller. AKA: Aunty Basket. |
| Ysti | | The horse. AKA: Ystava. |