Characters in Lonesome Dove

Augustus 'Gus' McCrae

A garrulous, philosophical former Texas Ranger and one half of the story's central friendship.

Blue Duck

A half-Comanche outlaw leader, a ruthless and violent enemy of Call and Gus from their Ranger days.

Woodrow Call

A driven, taciturn former Ranger who leads the cattle drive north.

Also in Streets of Laredo, Dead Man's Walk

Newt Dobbs

A seventeen-year-old orphan raised by Call and Gus at the Hat Creek outfit, and likely Call's unacknowledged son.

Joshua Deets

The Hat Creek outfit's chief scout, a loyal and exceptionally skilled tracker.

Jake Spoon

A former Texas Ranger who returns to Lonesome Dove after years away; charming, feckless, and drawn into bad company.

Lorena Wood

A prostitute in Lonesome Dove who joins the cattle drive north, hoping to reach San Francisco.

Also in Streets of Laredo

July Johnson

A young, inexperienced Arkansas sheriff who sets out after Jake Spoon and is drawn into the larger journey west.

Clara Allen

A Nebraska horse rancher and Gus's former love, now married with a family of her own.

Bolivar

Lippy Jones

Xavier Wanz

Dishwasher Bogget

Wilbarger

Chick

Allen O'Brien

Sean O'Brien

Soupy Jones

Needle Nelson

Jasper Fant

Bert Borum

Ben Rainey

Roscoe Brown

Elmira Johnson

Peach Johnson

Joe Boot

Jim Rainey

Bill Spettle

Po Campo

Pete Spettle

Janey

Monkey John

Dog Face

Dan Suggs

Roy Suggs

Frog Lip

Zwey

Cholo

Betsey

Hugh Auld