"Then I felt real hollow and low and mean. If He is watching us, I wish He'd lend a hand now and then." August 17, 1881, Page 12

"I asked Mama was it a sin to do what I done, and she said no, it was the same as David slaying Goliath, it was only to save Ulyssa and the others, not because of meanness that I did it. I would do it again, too. I am not sorry, but this has hurt my heart and spirit more than all the other trials for being forsaken is worse than being killed." September 5, 1881, Page 17

"Accustomed is what the scarlet velvet woman was. She was accustomed to her sorrows it said, as she had been accustomed to great riches and fine foods. We are accustomed to Indian wars and sorrow and traveling fast and folks dying." December 11, 1881, Page 35

"That sorry soldier who was...