Chapter Two. Cont'd "Settling in New Hampshire" First of all I would like to thank Joe Collete for defining what a "pillion" is when I ?? that in the previous posting. <<PILLION, a pillow in back of a saddle for an extra rider or older children>> (There that is our new word for the day. At the end of post number two we left Mrs. Chase ( Philander's mother), almost chastising her husband for his lack of faith and not rejoicing in seeing his family (though understandably, he might be a bit dismayed because he had not build the home yet) We continue verbatim: "The sunshine of joy and hope began to beam from his countenance and the news was soon told to the company of workman, and the woods rang with their shouts in honor of the first white woman and her children on the banks of the Connecticut above Fort No. 4. "All hands assembled to welcome the strangers. Trees were felled and peeled, and the bark in large sheets was spread for a floor, other sheets were fastened by thongs of twisted twigs to stakes driven in the ground, and were raised for walls or laid on cross-pieces for a roof, and a cheerful fire soon made glad our little dwelling. The space of three hours was not consumed in doing all this, and never were men more happy than these men who contributed so speedily to supply our wants. "Beds were brought from the canoe to the rustic pavilion, and on them we rested sweetly, fearless of danger, though the thick foliage was wet with dew, and the wild creatures of the woods howled around us. "The next day all hands were called to build a cabin which served us for the coming winter, and in which, cheered by the rising prospects of the family, and the mutual affection of all around my enjoyments were more exquisite than at any other period of my life." One cannot but admire, and almost envy, the happiness of this pure and high-minded woman in taking possession of a cabin in the wilderness with her flock of little ones,to which a little daughter was soon added, far from comforts of ordinary life, and with so much depending upon her own hands and her own courage and strength, her faith in her husband, and her trust in God. She was indeed a woman fitted by nature and grace to be the mother of men and women. And thus this branch of Aquila's descendants began life in Cornish, New Hampshire, in 1765. End Chpt. two.