(urth) the elephant in the room

[Matthew Groves]

Mo wrote:

> It seems to me that this sort of thing is a good use for a wiki page.
> [snip]
> http://www.holkar.net/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=WolfeWiki.SoldierNames

This is extremely helpful -- much more comprehensive than anything
I've found in the archives.  I hope the wiki project goes forward,
because I think its value to Wolfe's readers -- a community unrivaled
in their need to reread, puzzle, research and discuss -- would be very
great.

Who is the "river-man" that Latro meets in the very first chapter of Mist?