Chapters 3 and 4 Summary

Hattie begins her first letter to Uncle Holt as she waits in Wolf Point, Montana, for the rest of her journey to begin. Perilee and Karl had arrived with three children in the back, and after making cheerful introductions, announces that it is too late in the afternoon to head home so the night would be spent in Wolf Point. Perilee tells her that they will be home by suppertime the following day. The family settles into the only hotel while Hattie goes to Mr. Ebgard's to discuss the details required for her to prove out her claim. Then Mr. Ebgard steers her to the local Grocery and Bakery to stock up. As she is leaving, she meets another of her neighbors, Jim Fowler, or Rooster Jim, as he is known locally, who cheerfully announces his intention to continue his neighborly...