You will hear other damns, if you stay here long enough, but they don't amount to much.

It's a crude but growing place and soon it will have all the embellishments of civilized life." That evening many of the inhabitants of the little village came to the tavern to see the travelers and were introduced by Dr.Allen.Most of them had come from Kentucky, although there were two Yankee families who had moved on from Ohio.
"These are good folks," said the Doctor.

"There are others who are not so good.

I could show you some pretty rough customers at Clary's Grove, not far from here.

We have to take things as they are and do our best to make 'em better." "Any Indians ?" Sarah asked.
"You see one now and then, but they're peaceable.