They were at last in a fair country fitted for the homes of their children.

Now was the time to keep it.

If they abandoned it, they would lose all the advantages they had gained, and would be forced to suffer the like losses and privations if they ever wished to retake possession of it or of any similar tract of land.

He, at least, would not turn back, but would stay to the bitter end.
His words and his steadfast bearing gave heart to the settlers, and they no longer thought of flight.

As their corn had failed them they got their food from the woods.