| | | | The Missouri |
| | Stambul | | Lurie's father. |
| | Coachman | | Lurie's employer. |
| | Lurie | | Narrator. AKA: Misafir. |
| | Saurelle | | Lurie's new boss. |
| | Hobb | Mattie | Michael's brother. |
| | Donovan Michael | Mattie | Lurie's close friend. |
| | Robert | Jenkins | The man who was robbed. |
| | Avery | Bennett | Mattie's cousin. |
| | Mather | Bennett | Mattie's cousin. Avery's brother. |
| | John | Berger | Peyton County Marshal. |
| | Lewis | Riffles | The Miller's son. |
| | James | Pearson | The kid that Donovan murdered. |
| | Colin | Phillips | A magistrate. |
| | | | Morning |
| | Toby | Lark | Emmett's son. |
| | Nora | Lark | Toby's mother. Emmett's wife. |
| | Robert Cade | Lark | Nora's son. |
| | Dolan Michael | Lark | Nora's son. |
| | Emmett | Lark | Nora's husband. |
| | Doc | Almenara | Nora's doctor. AKA: Hector Almenara Vega. |
| | Josie | | Emmett's Ward and occult cousin. |
| | Evelyn Abigail | Lark | Nora and Emmett's dead daughter. |
| | Harriet | Lark | Emmett's mother. |
| | Desma | | Nora's friend and neighbor. |
| | Ellen Francis | Volk | Nora's mother. |
| | Rey | Ruiz | A water-witch. Desma's 2nd husband. |
| | Martha | | Josie's mother. Emmett's cousin. |
| | Reverend | Kincaid | Josie's father. |
| | Bill | | The Lark's camel. |
| | George | Hamill | Josie's friend. A correspondence. |
| | Miss | Claver | The woman who runs Heart & Hand Club. |
| | Lenore | | Emmett's sister. |
| | Moss | Riley | The Paloma Innkeeper. |
| | Robert | Gris | Desma's first husband. |
| | Reverend | Miles | The current priest. |
| | Merrion | Crace | Owner of Crace Cattle Company. |
| | Fint | Colson | Missing. |
| | Harlan | Bell | The sheriff. |
| | Bertrand | Stills | The print house owner. |
| | Ferdy | Kostic | The mailman. |
| | Morton | Hole | A lumber-mill foreman. |
| | Michael | | Nora's brother. |
| | Sandy | Freed | A tolerable lodger. |
| | Paul | Griggs | The waterman. |
| | | | The San Antonio |
| | Burke | | A dromedary camel. |
| | Hadji | Ali | The camel driver. Lurie's companion. AKA: Hi Jolly, Filip Tedro. |
| | Henry Constantine | Wayne | The camel owner. Jolly's boss. |
| | Seid | | Burke's cousin. |
| | Tulli | | The great red dromedary. |
| | Greek | George | Jolly's colleague. AKA: Yiorgis. |
| | Lilo | | George's soft face Mehmed Halil. |
| | Adnan | | George's bull. |
| | Mico | Tedro | Jolly's cousin. |
| | Maida | | George's camel. |
| | Gerald | Shaw | Lurie's military escort. |
| | Absalom | Reading | The cook. AKA: Ab. |
| | Lee | Walden | The cavalry captain who came through Fort Green. |
| | Savedra | | The Mexican scout. |
| | Ned | Beale | Ab's old friend. An explorer. AKA: Edward Fitzgerald Beale. |
| | Kit | Carson | Ned's brother-in-arms. |
| | Long | Tom | One of the cameleers. |
| | Elias | | One of the cameleers. |
| | Haziosman | Djuric | Lurie's father. |
| | Saleh | | One of the camels. |
| | | | Midday |
| | Lloyd | Beecher | A geologist. |
| | Frank | Tibbert | Beecher's colleague. |
| | Millie | Riley | Moss's wife. AKA: Millicent. |
| | Juan Carlos | Escondido | A merchant. |
| | Dance | Prescott | The marshal at AZ territory. |
| | Armando | Cortez | The professor. |
| | | | The Colorado |
| | Williams | | Beale's geologist. |
| | | | Afternoon |
| | Richard | Night | Martin's tracker. |
| | Martin | Cruzado | The man who sent his boys to the flock. |
| | Patsy | Ford | The owner of the missing dog. |
| | Duena | Maria | Jolly's companion. |
| | | | Evening |
| | Peyton | Landers | A Carolina prospector. Nora's friend. |
| | Amada | De Almenara | The doctor's wife. |
| | Walton | Pickney | The hotelier. |
| | Emma | Konig-Bell | Harlan's new wife. |
| | Sara | Wright | Emma's handmaid. |
| | Mac | Calwell | Harlan's predecessor. |
| | Saleh | Abregado | A sportsman. Nora's
acquaintance. |
| | Lord | Ellsworth | Nora's former employer. |
| | Albert | | Nora's father. |
| | Sam | Mulvaney | A cattleman. |
| | Sonny | Asterfield | The man who brought Nora to Pony Express. |
| | Simon | Velman | A press for Dakota Territory. |
| | Pedro | Sanchez | A criminal. |
| | | | The Salt |
| | Trudie | | Jolly's wife. |
