# Cogewea, the Half-Blood — Character guide

> Key figures in Cogewea, the Half-Blood by Mourning Dove.

- [Cogewea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/cogewea.md): Book-hungry and saddle-hardened, this half-blood dreamer rides the Pend d'Oreille range while wondering whether any world will ever claim her.
- [LaGrinder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/lagrinder.md): LaGrinder moves through the Horseshoe Bend roundup as one of its most trusted and capable riders, a man whose skill with untameable bands earns quiet authority among the cowboys. He is protective of Cogewea and quick to 
- [Alfred Densmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/alfred_densmore.md): A polished Eastern lawyer whose honeyed letters and calculated charm mask an appetite for land, and whose presence unsettles the ranch.
- [Celluloid Bill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/celluloid_bill.md): A ranch cowboy whose tall tales and rough humor fill the bunkhouse, part of the rowdy chorus that surrounds Cogewea's days.
- [Bob](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/bob.md): A quiet cowboy who watches more than he says, his silence a steady counterweight to the bunkhouse's louder voices.
- [Stemteemä](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/stemteema.md): Cogewea's grandmother, who refuses a modern roof and weaves baskets in her teepee, keeping the old Okanogan ways alive.
- [Frenchy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/frenchy.md): Frenchy rides with the H-B roundup crew, pulling on his clothes at the tin-pan breakfast call before the outfit moves across the flats toward the range hills. He is the unsuspecting butt of camp humor, a man whose good-n
- [Sis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/sis.md): Sis keeps the Carter ranch running — feeding the roundup crew, minding little Denny and Percy, and helping Cogewea with the endless housework. Having married a white man who proved good and kind, she wears her racial pre
- [Mary McDonald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/mary_mcdonald.md): A friend of Cogewea, likely a mixed-blood woman in the community.
- [Rodeo Jack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/rodeo_jack.md): A cowboy known for his riding skills and participation in rodeos.
- [Shoyahpee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/shoyahpee.md): Densmore, called Shoyahpee by the Okanogan, has recovered from illness and stays on at the ranch, hunting, fishing, and pressing gifts on Stemteemä in a calculated campaign for her favor. He is confident, adaptable, and 
- [Leather Slim](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/leather_slim.md): A cowboy at the ranch, often involved in the range activities.
- [Wanawish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/wanawish.md): A horse, likely a significant animal in the story.
- [Julia Carter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/julia_carter.md): A woman connected to the Carter family, possibly a visitor.
- [John Carter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/john_carter.md): A member of the Carter family, possibly a rancher or visitor.
- [The Dixie Canary](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/the_dixie_canary.md): A nickname for a character, possibly a singer or performer.
- [Bringo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/bringo.md): A character, possibly a horse or a person, mentioned in the narrative.
- [See-whelh-ken](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/see_whelh_ken.md): A character, possibly a spirit or a person, mentioned in the narrative.
- [The Easterner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/cogewea_the_half_blood_se/characters/the_easterner.md): A character from the East, possibly a visitor or newcomer.

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