Dr. Henry Adams A proud doctor who is ashamed and angry that he is teased by American Indians hired to cut up logs that broke loose from a White and McNally shipment to a sawmill downstream.
Mrs. Adams The doctor's ailing Christian Scientist wife; she nags her husband with whining platitudes and biblical admonitions.
Nick The son of Dr. and Mrs. Adams, Nick blindly hero-worships his father.
Dick Boulton A mixed-blood American Indian who is hired to cut logs for Dr. Adams.
Eddy Boulton Dick's son; he carries the long crosscut saw for cutting the logs.
Billy Tabeshaw Dick's friend; he comes along to help cut logs.
