The records of lost opportunities serve as warnings and incentives to those who aim to be forespurrers among men. They impress the great value of building upon the strong foundations of dogged work while vividly picturing the tottering and …

When I was still some distance above the ford, about a dozen prairie wolves and one loper* wolf ran up from the water. They told me that there were no Indians near here or they would not be here; and they were not here long, either. … the big loper left on a slow gallop … *Loper, corruption of Sp. lobo, wolf.

Hippomantia ex hinnitu, fremitu, sudore..

On a morning that he called “glad and birdsome,” Martin further excused me with, “More could have been done with more willingness, but I see the ties.”