ContentsForewordby Nadine Charabin, Provincial Archives of SaskatchewanPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: A Land of Opportunity*The Right Kind of People*People Were Talking About The Prairies*To Try Something New*Sea Sick And Home Sick*Through The Unsettled Wilderness*There Were No Roads to FollowChapter 2: Getting Settled*Hewed Logs With A Thatched Roof*Snakes In The Bed*Made By Hand*A Lot Of Hard Work*Mother Was KilledChapter 3: Working the Fields*Into The Furrow*To Haul Grain To Market*Less Neighbour Trouble*I Have Experienced Them AllChapter 4: Feeding the Family*Two Hundred Pounds Of Flour*Wild Fruit And The Valleys Near*We Made Well With Rabbits*Mother Used To Melt Snow For The CowsChapter 5: Health and Illness*Billy Slipped, Fell*We Lost A Boy Of Nine and A Girl Of Two*Any Neighbour Would Go And Help*They Sent For The Doctor*Purify The Blood, Entirely Remove Flatulence*Dressed In His Best Sunday ClothesChapter 6: The One-Room Schoolhouse*Desks Were Made By A Farmer*One Year In The Wild West Was As Much As They Could Stand*Those Who Had No Water, Spit On The SlateChapter 7: Fun and Festivities*Nuts On A Thread*Father Would Read Aloud To Us*Singing The Old Folk Songs And Hymns*A Man And His Dog Are Never Lonely*All Atremble When I Saw A Woman Coming*A Lot Of People Frowned On Card Playing*In The Kitchen, Bedroom, Anywhere You Could Move*The Mosquitoes Were Awful *Occasionally, A Travelling Minister Would Come*The Rule Of Etiquette.Had To Be Thrown Overboard*Mince-meat, Puddings and Pies ConclusionAuthor's NoteEndnotesBibliography .