Luc M. DE CHATILLARD              An old French Seigneur CHARLES LANGLADE              A French partisan THE DOVE                      The Indian wife of Langlade TANDAKORA                     An Ojibway chief DAGANOWEDA                    A young Mohawk chief HENDRICK                      An old Mohawk chief BRADDOCK                      A British general ABERCROMBIE                   A British general WOLFE                         A British general COL. WILLIAM JOHNSON          Anglo-American leader MOLLY BRANT                   Col. Wm. Johnson's Indian wife JOSEPH BRANT                  Young brother of Molly Brant, afterward the great Mohawk chief, Thayendanegea ROBERT DINWIDDIE              Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia WILLIAM SHIRLEY               Governor of Massachusetts BENJAMIN FRANKLIN             Famous American patriot JAMES COLDEN                  A young Philadelphia captain WILLIAM WILTON                A young Philadelphia lieutenant HUGH CARSON                   A young Philadelphia lieutenant JACOBUS HUYSMAN               An Albany burgher CATERINA                      Jacobus Huysman's cook ALEXANDER MCLEAN              An Albany schoolmaster BENJAMIN HARDY                A New York merchant JOHNATHAN PILLSBURY           Clerk to Benjamin Hardy ADRIAN VAN ZOON               A New York merchant THE SLAVER                    A nameless rover ACHILLE GARAY                 A French spy ALFRED GROSVENOR              A young English officer JAMES CABELL                  A young Virginian WALTER STUART                 A young Virginian BLACK RIFLE                   A famous "Indian fighter" ELIHU STRONG                  A Massachusetts colonel ALAN HERVEY                   A New York financier STUART WHYTE                  Captain of the British sloop, _Hawk_ JOHN LATHAM                   Lieutenant of the British sloop, _Hawk_ EDWARD CHARTERIS              A young officer of the Royal Americans ZEBEDEE CRANE                 A young scout and forest runner ROBERT ROGERS                 Famous Captain of American Rangers