Principal Characters in the Novel + 

Magnus Derrick (the “Governor”), proprietor of the Los Muertos Rancho + 

Annie Derrick, wife of Magnus Derrick + 

Lyman Derrick and Harran Derrick, sons of Magnus Derrick + 

Broderson and Osterman, friends and neighbours of Magnus Derrick + 

Annixter, proprietor of the Quien Sabe Rancho + 

Hilma Tree, a dairy girl on Annixter’s ranch + 

Genslinger, editor of the Bonneville Mercury, the railroad organ + 

S. Behrmann, representative of the Pacific and Southwestern Railroad + 

Presley, a protégé of Magnus Derrick + 

Vanamee, a sheep herder and range rider + 

Angéle Varian + 

Father Sarria, a Mission priest + 

Dyke, a blacklisted railroad engineer + 

Mrs. Dyke, Dyke’s mother + 

Sidney Dyke, Dyke’s daughter + 

Caraher, a saloon keeper + 

Hooven, a tenant of Derrick + 

Mrs. Hooven, his wife + 

Minna Hoove, his daughter + 

Cedarquist, a manufacturer and shipbuilder + 

Mrs. Cedarquist, his wife + 

Garnett, Dabney, Keast, and Chattern, ranchers of the San Joaquin Valley + 