| A | B |
| Searchlight | Little Willy's dog |
| Stone Fox | An Indian who entered many dogsled races to earn money to buy land back for his people |
| Willy | a ten year old boy who took care of his sick grandfather |
| Doc Smith | the town doctor |
| Grandfather | an elderly man who has fallen sick because he can not pay the taxes on his farm and knows he may lose it |
| a potato farm in Wyoming | where Willy and Grandfather lived |
| Clifford Synder | the tax collector |
| Mr. Foster | president of the bank |
| Miss Williams | Little Willy's school teacher |
| Mr. Lester | Owner of the general store |