They moved west because their country land was becoming crowded and her parents didn’t like that. They heard that there was going to be opportunities to expand in the Indian territories, so that’s where they headed. They packed up everything they owned except furniture, because their father could make more once they got to their new home. They sold their cows, and said goodbye to family and set off in a house drawn wagon out to the west. The father directed the horse, the mother sat next to him with the baby, and the two daughters sat in the back of the wagon, where they also slept. The journey was long, and they faced the elements of Mother Nature around the clock. They followed other faint wagon tracks until they got to a split in the road
