# Amos Judson — The Land of Little Rain character guide

> Amos Judson in The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** old Amos Judson, Judson

**First appearance:** 0008-jimville

## Snapshot

An old miner who owned half of Tule Creek and guarded his water-right with a Winchester, sitting on the headgate like a lone sandhill crane watching for water toads.

## Who they are

In the Homeric age of settlement he shot Jesus Montaña over the Greenfields water and passed into tradition, and every subsequent owner of Greenfields bought the ranch with Amos in full view. His long feud ends not with gunfire but with Diedrick's large wife sitting on the headgate with a long-handled shovel, knitting through the sun while the water ran into her ditch—and Amos, too much of a gentleman to fight a lady, gave up. He matters because his stubborn, violent, finally almost comic claim to water distills what the desert thinks as it slips past the gardens.

## Relationships

### [Diedrick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/characters/diedrick)

_professional_

Amos Judson and Diedrick are likely colleagues or associates in the mining or frontier economy, with frequent interactions suggesting a working partnership.

### [Jesus Romero](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/characters/jesus_romero)

_social_

Amos Judson and Jesus Romero are acquaintances, likely interacting in the small frontier community.

## In the story

### [Other Water Borders](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/chapters/other-water-borders)

Guards his water rights with a Winchester, sitting on the headgate; his conflict with Diedrick's wife ends in a modern water gauge.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/characters/amos_judson
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_land_of_little_rain_se/characters