. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. t instances theseindividuals have left no relatives to remind usof their i^resence here in pioneer days. These people, in some instances, pined so seri-ously for their former homes that it seemed im-possible to remain; or, at least to these homesickones, the actors in their lifes drama, their prairielonesomeness and pioneer sacrifices appeared in-tolerable; or their desperate financial straits, orthe western countrys general despondency, al-together considered, caused them to despair oftheir seeing this beautiful region become thehome of even a tolerably
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. t instances theseindividuals have left no relatives to remind usof their i^resence here in pioneer days. These people, in some instances, pined so seri-ously for their former homes that it seemed im-possible to remain; or, at least to these homesickones, the actors in their lifes drama, their prairielonesomeness and pioneer sacrifices appeared in-tolerable; or their desperate financial straits, orthe western countrys general despondency, al-together considered, caused them to despair oftheir seeing this beautiful region become thehome of even a tolerably considerable must not forget that these people were gener-ally not to blame for their despondency and dis-couragement, even if tradition does assert thatthat many of those who remained here wouldhave left had they possessed the means to go,and that, as a general thing, those who wenthack east were only those whose means had notbeen entirely consumed, and that those who werethe most impoverished by poor crops, wet r^^^,^
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