Main Characters Mirabeau Lamar 4 main appearances Sam Houston Turett Fincham Billy Anderson Henry Karnes Emily West Yancey Burns George Hockley Samuel Wallace "Deaf" Smith Ephraim Knowles Beans Wilkins Colonel Sherman Andrew Jackson Curls Jack Hays Sgt. Ephraim Knowles Rebecca Pit Concepcion President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Lorca Vern Elwood Fannin Empresario Buckley Pauline Wykoff Gator Davis Ruthie James Wykoff Kit Acklin