--WebTV-Mail-21739-525 Content-Type: Text/Plain; Charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable Laura Ingalls Wilder Site with leads to their family bible. Enjoy. Cathie http://www.pinc.com/~jenslegg/index.htm "Every wall is a door." =96 Emerson --WebTV-Mail-21739-525 Content-Disposition: Inline Content-Type: Message/RFC822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Received: from mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (209.240.198.44) by storefull-623.iap.bryant.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:24:21 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: <GenWisconsin-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from lists6.rootsweb.com (lists6.rootsweb.com [63.92.80.125]) by mailsorter-101-10.iap.bryant.webtv.net (8.8.8-wtv-f/ms.dwm.v7+dul2) with ESMTP id FAA15427; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists6.rootsweb.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e6KCIiN11884; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:18:44 -0700 Resent-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 05:18:44 -0700 X-Original-Sender: danpatnode@hotmail.com Thu Jul 20 05:18:44 2000 Message-ID: <20000720121840.45412.qmail@hotmail.com> X-Originating-IP: [129.89.47.173] From: "Dan Patnode" <danpatnode@hotmail.com> Old-To: grubisic@netwurx.net, GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 07:18:40 CDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Subject: [GenWisconsin] Why the Ingalls kept moving Resent-Message-ID: <kA1HDB.A.g5C.k4ud5@lists6.rootsweb.com> To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Reply-To: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/14873 X-Loop: GenWisconsin-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GenWisconsin-L-request@rootsweb.com I just finished reading the series to my kids last year. It seemed that Charles Ingalls kept moving because everytime they settled somewhere it soon got too crowded for him; i.e., too many others soon settled nearby. Of course, this wasn't always the reason. When they moved from Indian Territory it was because the Army forced them to as they had inadvertently settled on Indian land. And when they moved from Burr Oak in the early morning hours it seemed the reason was to get away from an unreasonable individual to whom they owed money. I don't recall it ever being indicated if they paid him his money or not. Charles Ingalls also seemed to be possessed by a healthy dose of "wunderlust", an almost uncontrollable desire to see what was over the next rise; explore the frontier, &c. Hope that helps. Dan Patnode >From: ashley tiwara <grubisic@netwurx.net> >Reply-To: grubis