"That is the chief trouble with him." And this was apparently Jack Craven's opinion of himself, as is evident from his letter to his college friend, Ned Maitland.
"Dear Ned:-- "For the last two months I have been seeking to adjust myself to my surroundings, and find it no easy business.

I have struck the land of the Anakim, for the inhabitants are all of 'tremenjous' size, and indeed, 'tremenjous' in all their ways, more particularly in their religion.

Religion is all over the place.

You are liable to come upon a boy anywhere perched on a fence corner with a New Testament in his hand, and on Sunday the 'tremenjousness' of their religion is overwhelming.
Every other interest in life, as meat, drink, and dress, are purely incidental to the main business of the day, which is the delivering, hearing, and discussing of sermons.
"The padre, at whose house I am very happily quartered, is a 'tremenjous' preacher.

He has visions, and gives them to me.