PLACE OF JOHN COLTER’S DEATH By Stephen Gough
All photos © Chris Dantic
Photos taken by Chris Dantic, Sept. 2010. Photos taken on private land with special permission by the landowner. Those present when photos were taken were Chris Dantic, Steve Gough, and Tim Coulter.
Character Listings Available for Casting for Colter’s Run
The characters that appear in Colter's Run are based on historical figures or are created from historical composites. Ages are given as they appear in the script. All Colter's Run on-camera speaking parts are as follows:
The Colter Family, Corps of Discovery Members, and Fellow Trapper/Traders:
The Salish:
* The given Salish name is currently undergoing historical research
The Blackfeet:
* The given Salish name is currently undergoing historical research
The Colter FamilyCorps of Discovery MembersFellow Trapper/Traders:
The entire Colter's Run cast list is as follows:
John Colter, Approx. 35.
Two historical descriptions are known: ..."About thirty-five years of age, five feet ten inches in height, and wore an open, ingenuous and pleasing countenance of the Daniel Boone stamp. Nature had formed him for hardy endurance of fatigue, privations and perils..." —Thomas James.
James Colter Sr.
Father of John Colter, 29
Alsey Colter
Mother of John Colter, 28
James Colter Jr.
Brother of John Colter, 9
Isabella Colter
Sister of John Colter, 7
Davy Rhea
Cousin and friend of John Colter, 26
Sam Rhea
Cousin and friend of John Colter, 28
Lucy Davis
The future Mrs. John Colter, 16
Squire Boone
(Born 1744) owner of Squire Boone’s Tavern and younger brother of Daniel Boone
Meriwether Lewis
Captain and leader of the L&C Expedition (Born 1772), 29
William Clark
Captain and co-leader of the L&C Expedition (Born 1770), 33
Henry Scaggs
Famed Kentucky long hunter and backwoodsman, 79
Sgt. Charles Floyd
L&C veteran non-com, 20
Joseph Field
Brother of Reuben, L&C veteran and hunter, 23
Reuben Field
Brother of Joseph, L&C veteran and hunter, 22
John Potts
L&C veteran and trapping partner, accompanies Colter on his second journey to the Three Forks to trap beaver, 32
Peter Wiser
L&C veteran, trapper and friend/mentor of Potts & Colter, 27
Richard Windsor
L&C veteran and trapper, 29
Jean Baptiste le Page
L&C veteran and trapper, 46
Francois Rivet (Old Revay)
French boatman, trapper, and member of the first leg of the L&C Expedition (Born 1757)
Manuel Lisa
Fur Trade Entrepreneur & leader of trapping expedition, 35
George Drouillard
Half-Cherokee, half-French L&C veteran, trapper, and esteemed scout (Born 1773)
York
Wm. Clark's black slave and boyhood friend/companion. Tall, strong, and well-built. Born 1770
Toussaint Charbonneau
Sacajawea's French-Canadian husband and Corps interpreter (Born 1767)
American Indian Casting:
Old Toby
Shoshone warrior and scout, guided L&C to the Bitterroots, 40-ish
Cheleskaiyimi (Three Eagles),
War chief of the Salish (Tushepaw Band), roughly 55 to 60
Salish Maiden
Demure young beauty who enchants Colter, 16
Young Salish Girl #1
Giggling friend of Salish Maiden, 15
Young Salish Girl #2
Friend of Salish Maiden, 14
Old Salish Grandmother
Food server, 40-ish
Otter
Salish scout, 19-ish
Spotted Pony
Salish scout, 20-ish
Itchuuwaaooshbishish (Red Feather)
War chief of the Apsaalooke Ashalaho (Mountain Crow),30-ish
Kootenae Appe (Kutenai Man),
War chief of the Inuck’siks, the Small Robe Band of the Southern Piegans/Blackfeet Nation, mid-50s
Maa-koyou-mah-kaa (Running Wolf)
Fierce Piegan warrior and favorite son of Kootenae Appe, 22-ish
Ak-o-tash-iks (Many Horses)
Piegan warrior avenger and son of Kootenae Appe, 29
Makuie Poka (Wolf’s Child)
Piegan warrior and youngest son of Kootenae Appe, 18-ish
Wawetseka (Pretty Woman)
Young daughter of Kootenae Appe, 16
Nanp-skan
Piegan medicine man, 60-ish
Bear Woman
Wife of Nanp-skan, 60-ish
Sacajawea
Shoshone girl, 16 to 18 years and her infant, Pomp (2/3 years old)
Blackfoot Warrior/Artis
Hide painter in the opening scene
Dave Lemon: Internationally Known Bronze Sculptor
Ennis, MT
David Lemon, shown working on a larger-than-life-size clay statue entitled "Iron Horn." It is now in bronze and showing in Mountain Trails Galleries in Sundance, Utah and Jackson, Wyoming.