We set it down as a principle that we must save ourselves all we could, for it would be a close contested struggle with us and death, at the very best, and we wanted to get all the advantage for ourselves we could.

As we were making the preparations the women grew more hopeful, as it seemed as if something was really going to be accomplished.
Bennett and Arcane were emphatic in their belief and expressions that we would succeed, "I know it--Don't you Sally ?" said Bennett very cheerfully, but after all Mrs.Bennett could not answer quite as positively, but said "I hope so."-- Mrs.Bennett's maiden name was Sarah Dilley, which I mention here as I may otherwise forget it afterward.

She realized that hers was no easy place to ride, that they would have hard fare at best, and that it must be nearly or quite a month before they could reach a fertile spot on which to place her feet.

One could easily see that the future looked quite a little dark to her, on account of her children, as a mother naturally would.
High overhead was the sun, and very warm indeed on that day in the fore part of February 1850, when the two children were put on Old Crump to see if he would let them ride.

The two small children were placed in the pockets on each side, face outward, and they could stand or sit as they should choose.