One Thousand White Women (1998) (edit title/settings)

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• May Dodd: The main character and author of the journals. She joins the brides program to escape the asylum her family has placed her in
• John Bourke: Captain of the Army detachment at Fort Laramie who is responsible for the brides
• Little Wolf: Chief of the Cheyenne tribe that the women are sent to and husband to May.
• Gertie: A Muleskinner and friend of May's. She acts as a messenger between May and Captain Bourke
• Martha: May's friend from the Asylum and companion in the brides program
• Gretchen: A Swiss girl who signs up for the Brides program
• Helen Flight: A brilliant painter and ornithologist who signs up for the brides program for the opportunity to explore the plains area wildlife.
• Euphemia Washington, "Phemie": A Negro woman and former slave who joins the brides program for its opportunity for freedom
• Meggie Kelly: One of the redheaded twin Irish girls who join the brides program to get out of prison
• Harry Ames: May's unmarried partner in Chicago and father to her two children
• Sara: A young girl from the Chicago asylum who is signed up for the brides program
• Brother Anthony: A Benedictine monk who accompanies the Cheyenne and ministers to them
• Susie Kelly: One of the redheaded twin Irish girls who join the brides program to get out of prison
• Hortense: One of May's children and also the name of her sister
• Jules Seminole: A half-breed Cheyenne and bad character who makes passes at May and causes trouble among the tribe
• William: May's son in Chicago
• Daisy Lovelace: A southern woman who joins the brides program
• Miss Bradley: Captain Bourke's fiance
• Narcissa White: An evangelical woman who joins the brides program to convert them to Christianity and looks down on the other women for their lack of religious faith
• Reverend Hare: An Episcopalian Priest who accompanies the Cheyenne for a time
• Mesoke: May's Native American name, means "Swallow"
• Grant: The President of the United States
• Quiet One: Little Wolf's first wife and mother to Pretty Walker
• Feather on Head: Little Wolf's second wife and Quiet One's sister
• Mr. Benton: Add a description of this character.
• Fern Louise: Daisy Lovelace's poodle
• Jimmy: Gertie's alter-ego
• Pretty Walker: Little Wolf's daughter by his first wife
• Dr. Kaiser: May's doctor at the asylum
• Marie Blanche: A French girl who signs up for the brides program
• White Bull

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Chicago: May Dodd's home and city of her departure on the Union Pacific.
• Fort Laramie: The Fort where the brides departed from the meet their Native American husbands
• Sioux: Large group of western Indians, larger by far than the Cheyenne.
• Washington: Washington D.C. First trainlload of white women left from D.C.
• Seano: The Native American heaven
• Cheyennes: Small group of western Indians who had been reduced in number due to white man's sickness.
• Black Hills: territory given to the Cheyenne and Sioux by the US Government, who reneged on the deal after gold was found.
• Tongue River: River nearby where the Cheyenne camped

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jim Fergus (Author) - i was suprised that a man wrote such an intimate account of a womans feelings and thoughts. it took some insight.

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Mountain and Plains Bookseller Award (1999: Fiction)

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• Dewey: 813.54

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Westerns
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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