I just listened to Antonia Bird's audio commentary on the DVD and they confirmed that Ives is his real name; Colqhoun is a false name, meaning the sixth member of the wagon train is yet unidentified, or possibly was named Colqhoun (but not a priest) and Ives just borrowed his name to trick and trap the soldiers. They don't clarify.
They do, however, give Ives' backstory before the tuberculosis thusly: he is in fact a former priest which explains why he keeps the crucifix even after dropping the Colqhoun act. According to Bird, Ives was a Methodist minister from Scotland who came over with his wife and child who died in the voyage, leaving him psychologically scarred. He left the church and joined the US Army.
A fascinating commentary providing tons of insight. I especially loved how Bird said she deliberately wanted Ives to be "sexy" (her words) after getting a haircut and shave and cleaning up, to make cannibalism attractive in conflict with Boyd's revulsion to it, to sort of have the audience wanting to sign up with Ives as Hart does at first, and make Ives a charismatic leader who could, potentially, do exactly as he says he will if Boyd doesn't stop him.
The screenwriters' commentary (to say nothing of Robert Carlyle's) should provide even more awesome tidbits about Ives' character, who is shaping up to be one of my favorite movie villains so far.
"I mean, really, how many times will you look under Jabba's manboobs?"
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