In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.

We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

All you need for happiness is a good gun, a good horse, and a good wife.

Let peace, descending from her native heaven, bid her olives spring amidst the joyful nations and plenty, in league with commerce, scatter blessings from her copious hand!