Brother and lover were both very dear to her.

And to have the whole family together would be in itself a great help.

Whatever their deprivations and fatigues, they could comfort each other with their affection.
Every day wagon-loads of women and children joined the camp, and the march eastward was very slow.

But no circumstance extols more loudly the bravery and tenderness of these American soldiers than the patience with which this encumbrance was endured.

Men worn out with watching and foraging were never too weary to help some mother still more weary, or to carry some little child whose swollen feet would no longer aid it.
One night they rested at a little place on the Colorado.