Mr. McClurg - Chapter I

• neighbour of the Caseys in the first chapter
• the Caseys build their house of his lumber

Zachary Clemens and his wife Ellie and their daughter (Dorothy)*- Chapter II

• help Lily’s family on the ranch
• are extremely poor

Old Man Pucket - Chapter II

• neighbour of the Caseys in Hondo Valley
• kills the Great Danes

Priscilla Loosefoot - Chapter III

• Lily gets to know her on the journey to Red Lake
• they think about travelling together, but at night, Priscilla tries to steal from Lily
• Lily learns that people, who want to betray you, make you trust them first

Mr. MacIntosh - Chapter III

• school principal in Red Lake

Mim - Chapter III

• Lily’s employer in Red Lake
• dismisses Lily because she does not keep her head down

Minnie Hanagan - Chapter III

• Lily’s first and only friend
• is killed at a working accident

Margaret Conover - Chapter III

• Ted Conover’s first wife
• they have three children together
• Lily writes her a letter in order to tell her about their bigamist husband

“Grady Gammage” - Chapter IV

• University Director of Lily’s college
• gets her the job in Red Lake, although she has not even finished studying

“Rooster” (Orville Stubbs) - Chapter IV

• Jim Smith’s friend
• sweet on Lily

“Mr. Wonderful” - Chapter IV

• father of Helen’s baby
• leaves her, when she does not want to abort

Father Cavanaugh - Chapter IV

• priest in Red Lake
• discovers that Helen is pregnant - and unmarried

Granny Combs - Chapter V

• midwife, who lays out cards for the baby Rosemary

Mr. Lee - Chapter V

• wants Lily and Jim to hide his hooch
• thus, Lily decides to sell alcohol herself

The Camel brothers - Chapter V

• own a big ranch in Yavapa County near Ash Fork, Arizona

Old Jack - Chapter V

• worker on the AIC ranch

Uncle Eli - Chapter VI

• village elder in Main Street, Arizona
• tells Lily to stop teaching the girls independency, since they only have to be good wives and get a lot of children
• Lily shoots at him, missing him on propose

Deputy Johnson - Chapter VI

• father of Johnny Johnson
• Lily is dismissed, when she beats his son, since Deputy Johnson pleads for it

Johnny Johnson - Chapter VI

• Deputy Johnson’s son
• behaves conspicuously
• Lily loses her temper and beats him

Fidel Hanna - Chapter VII

• young Havasupai
• Rosemary falls in love with him
• after she went swimming with him, although her mother did not allow her to do so, Fidel goes to the army

Clarice Pearl and Marion Finch - Chapter VII

• accompany Lily and Rosemary to the area of the Havasupai in order to examine the children there

Ernestine - Chapter VIII

• Rosemary’s art teacher in Phoenix

Glenda - Chapter VIII

• Jim Smith’s colleague -
• makes Lily jealous and Lily thinks that Jim cheats on her with Glenda

The Crebbses - Chapter IX

• neighbours of the Smiths in Horse Mesa

Diane - Chapter IX

• Little Jim’s wife, whom he gets to know her on his first year on college
• he withdraws from the university register and becomes a police officer
• the two marry and have children

Gus - Chapter IX

• friend of Rex Walls

Jeannette Walls - Epilogue

• Rosemary and Rex Walls’ third daughter