This is a list of characters that appear in James Fenimore Cooper's third novel The Pioneers. The chapter in parentheses, at the end of each entry, indicates where the character is first introduced or significantly described.
Aggy edit
- Aggy (Agamemnon) — Richard Jones' black slave. As a Quaker, Temple himself cannot own slaves. (Ch. 1)
Bumppo edit
- Nathaniel (Natty) Bumppo — main character of all the the Leatherstocking Tales. Goes by the names of Leather-Stocking, Hawkeye, Deerslayer, and Pathfinder, depending on the book. During the period covered in The Pioneers, he was 68 years old. (Ch. 1)
Chingachgook edit
- Chingachgook or John Mohegan — Native American companion of Natty Bumppo.
Doolittle edit
- Squire Hiram Doolittle — co-architect of Judge Temple's house (Ch. 3)
Edwards edit
- Oliver Edwards — young traveller who is accidentally shot by Judge Temple
Effingham edit
- Edward Effingham — aristocratic boyhood friend of Marmaduke Temple. (Ch. 2)
- Major Effingham — Edward's father. (Ch. 2)
Grant edit
Hartmann edit
- Major Hartmann —
Hector and Slut edit
- Hector — Natty Bumppo's old hound. (Ch. 1)
- Slut or the slut — Natty Bumppo's female hound. (Ch. 1)
Jones edit
- Squire Richard (Dick, Dickon) Jones — Judge Temple's cousin and co-architect of his house. Named county sherriff by Judge temple. (Ch. 3)
Kirby edit
- Billy Kirby — This fellow, whose occupation, when he did labor, was that of clearing lands, or chopping jobs, was of great stature, and carried in his very air the index of his character. (Ch. 17)
Leather-Stocking edit
- Leather-Stocking — one of the various aliases of Natty Bumppo. (Ch. 1)
Lippet edit
- Mr. Lippet — lawyer.
Milligan edit
- Milligan — a man whose leg was amputated by Dr. Todd (Ch. 6)
Mohegan edit
- John Mohegan or Indian John — Christian name of Chingachgook (Ch. 1)
Penguillan edit
- Benjamin Penguillan (Ben Pump) — (Ch. 5)
Pettibone edit
- Remarkable Pettibone — spinster housekeeper for Judge Temple. (Ch. 5)
Le Quoi edit
- Monsieur Le Quoi — a French refugee. (Ch. 4)
Temple edit
- Elizabeth (Bess) Temple — Judge Temple's daughter. (Ch. 1)
- Judge Marmaduke Temple (called cousin 'Duke by Richard Jones) — a major character in The Pioneers, based on Cooper's real-life father Judge William Cooper, founder of Cooperstown, New York. (Ch. 1)
Todd edit
James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers, Preface, Ch.1, Ch.2, Ch.3, Ch.4, Ch.5, Ch.6, Ch.7, Ch.8, Ch.9, Ch.10, Ch.11, Ch.12, Ch.13, Ch.14, Ch.15, Ch.16, Ch.17, Ch.18, Ch.19, Ch.20, Ch.21, Ch.22, Ch.23, Ch.24, Ch.25, Ch.26, Ch.27, Ch.28, Ch.29, Ch.30, Ch.31, Ch.32, Ch.33, Ch.34, Ch.35, Ch.36, Ch.37, Ch.38, Ch.39, Ch.40, Ch.41, Characters. |