Her advice to all young people is, if you are comfortably established in the East, stay there.

There is no royal road to wealth and ease, even in the Western States! In spite of the discomforts we suffered in the Kansas campaign, I was glad of the experience.

It gave me added self-respect to know that I could endure such hardships and fatigue with a great degree of cheerfulness.

The Governor and I often laughed heartily, as we patiently chewed our gum arabic and slippery elm, to think on what a gentle stimulus we were accomplishing such wonderful feats as orators and travelers.

It was fortunate our intense enthusiasm for the subject gave us all the necessary inspiration, as the supplies we gathered by the way were by no means sufficiently invigorating for prolonged propagandism.
I enjoyed these daily drives over the vast prairies, listening to the Governor's descriptions of the early days when the "bushwhackers and jayhawkers" made their raids on the inhabitants of the young free State.
The courage and endurance of the women, surrounded by dangers and discomforts, surpassed all description.