234.] The isolation of his life and the frequency with which he changed his abode brought out the frontiersman's wonderful capacity to shift for himself, but it hindered the development of his power of acting in combination with others of his kind.

The first comers to the new country were so restless and so intolerant of the presence of their kind, that as neighbors came in they moved ever westward.

They could not act with their fellows.
The Permanent Settlers.
Efforts to Provide Schooling.
Of course in the men who succeeded the first pioneers, and who were the first permanent settlers, the restlessness and the desire for a lonely life were much less developed.

These men wandered only until they found a good piece of land, and took up claims on this land, not because the country was lonely, but because it was fertile.

They hailed with joy the advent of new settlers and the upbuilding of a little market town in the neighborhood.