| Term | Definition |
| What were Pa, Ma and the girls busy doing in the morning after the Indians had left? | The whole family was working on their new garden. |
| Why was the family so happy? | They had a new garden and the plants were growing. |
| Why was Pa so angry? | The indians were going to make all the settlers leave indian territory. |
| Where was Edwards going to go? | He was going to go down the river and go south. |
| What did Pa give to Mr. Scott? | He gave him the cow and the calf. |
| What does it mean when Pa said: “there is no great loss without some great gain? | Some good comes out of even a bad situation. |