A Cycle of the West · Character
Gray Fox
A Cheyenne warrior who fights at Beecher's Island.
minor
Also known as Gray, the Gray Fox
First appearance: vii beecher s island
Gray Fox's tie to Hugh Glass is one of the pressures that moves A Cycle of the West—worth meeting in the text, not only on a cast list.
Leads the pursuit, finding only desolated lands; receives word of Crazy Horse's intention to surrender.
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With Hugh Glass (rivalry): Gray Fox and Hugh Glass are adversaries, with Gray Fox representing Native American hostility toward Glass's incursions. In XIII: The Twilight: Leads the pursuit, finding only desolated…
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- Key Figures in Conflict
- Ashley Expedition Members
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