Minnie granddaugther of Aunt Glo; caught playing "Mama and Papa" in the weeds with Snookum

Glo Hebert (Aunt Glo, Gram Mon) caretaker for old men and grandchildren

Reverend Jameson minister of the place; "short, jet-black, bald-headed little fellow with a white mustache and beard" (54); only black man there without a gun; stands away from everyone else; only man who falls when hit by Mapes; always looks down at Mapes's feet

Corrine "straight and lifeless as a scarecrow" (52); laments the loss of the river

Janey (Janice Robinson) works for the Major and Miss Bea; "all brownish and tired-looking" (7)

Mathu "black at pitch" (19); raised Candy; "the only one w

Fue oldest son of Berto; "great big old round-face, sissy-looking boy" (28); plans to leave the state to avoid the Boutans

Johnny Paul 77 years old; "tall as Mapes, but thin, thin" and "the color of Brown Mule chewing tobacco" with eyes "gray like Mapes's eyes" (88); discusses what the old black people "don't see no more" (88-89)

Charlie Biggs (Big Charlie) godson of Mathu; works for Beau who talks to him "as you would speak to a dog" (58); "about six seven . . . two hundred and seventy-five pounds" and "jet black" (186); "He was the quintessence of what you would picture as the super, big buck nigger" (186)

Beulah Jackson Rooster's wife; has "been to the pen before" (90); starts to tell a story but seems to have too much to tell to be able to focus on one story

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