| 1 | Joe | Leaphorn | A retired lieutenant from the Navajo Tribal Police. |
| | Jim | Chee | One of the Navajo detectives. |
| | Bernadette | Manuelito | Jim's wife. Aka: Bernie. |
| | Louisa | Bourbonette | A professor. |
| | Erwin James | Totter | Owner of Totter's Trading Post. |
| | Captain | Largo | Bernie's head. |
| 2 | Captain | Pinto | Leaphorn's colleague. |
| | Melvin | Bork | A former Arizona Police officer. Aka: Mel. |
| | Grandma | Peshlakai | A victim of theft of collected pinyon sap. |
| | Captain | Desbah | Leaphorn's colleague. |
| | Elandra | | Peshlakai's granddaughter. |
| | Jason | Delos | A wealthy man in Flagstaff . |
| 3 | Grace | | Bork's wife. |
| | Kelly | Garcia | A police sergeant. |
| | Gerald | Tarkington | A gallery owner. |
| 4 | Ellen | Klah | An employee of Navajo museum. |
| 5 | Austin | Sam | A candidate for the Tribal council. |
| | Carrie | | Tarkington's helper. |
| | President | Diem | Former President of the Republic of Vietnam. |
| | John | Kennedy | The 35th president of the United States, |
| | Christopher | Columbus | An Italian explorer and navigator. |
| | Kit | Carson | An American trapper. |
| | George | Carlton | A major general. |
| | William T. | Sherman | An American soldier. |
| | Adolf | Hitler | A German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany. |
| 7 | John | Raskin | A South Carolina's militiaman. |
| | Ray | Shewnack | A fugitive on the FBI's most Wanted List. |
| 8 | Benny | Begay | A stockboy and gasoline pumper at Handy's place. |
| | Tomas | Delonie | A member of the original robber gang. |
| | Ellie | McFree | A clerk and cashier at Handy's grocery. |
| | Mr. | Handy | Owner of Handy's grocery. |
| | Mrs. | Handy | Mr. Handy's wife. |
| | Captain | Skeet | Leaphorn's colleague. |
| 12 | Tommy | Vang | Jason Delos' cook and helpmate. |
| | Arlen | Roper | A foreman at J.D. Ranch. |
| | Abraham | Lincoln | The 16th president of the United States. |
| | Julius | Caesar | Roman General and statesman. |
| 13 | Emma | | Leaphorn's late wife. |
| | Elrod | | A man who saw a dead mans body in the track. |
| | Hosteen A. | Claw | One of Chee's shaman kinsmen. |
| 15 | Roger | Saunders | A pathologist. |
| | John | O'Mally | One of FBI's special agents. |
| | Ted | Rostic | One of FBI's special agents. |
| | Jason | Sharkey | One of BFI's special agents. |
| | Eugene | Bydonie | Leaphorn's old friend. |
| | Mary Ann | Kayete | Ted Rostic's wife. |
| | Old Lady | Notah | Mary Ann Kayete's mother. |
| | George | Perkins | An American diplomat and philologist. |
| | Carter | Bradley | Rostic's old friend. |
| | Octavius | Burlander | Leaphorn's acquaintance. |
| | George | Jessup | Burlander's acquaintance. |
| | Nelson | Bedonie | An ex-sergeant in the Tuba City Tribal Police Office. |
| | John Harris | Trestrail | A doctor. |
| 16 | Zachary | Taylor | The 12th president of the United States. |
| | Mrs. | Jackson | Worked at travel agency. |
| | Mr. | Martinez | A restaurant owner. |
| | Sandra | Nezbah | Delonie's acquaintance. |
