RE: No Cavalry in Sight
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Whenever I think of how hard it was to be a pioneer--in British Columbia, the U.S. West, or even early settlers in the 'New World'--I wonder at the kind of person who would take that on. What was the motivation? Desperation? Adventure? Ambition? Whatever it was, those characteristics defined them and the new territory. And the descendants...how much of that mettle endures?
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People in the past were built of sterner stuff, it seems to me. We still have many people like that around but society has changed so much. A couple of centuries ago about 95% of people were involved in agriculture (a hard job) in the US, and now it's less than 2%. Office work doesn't require the same toughness as having to wake up in the middle of a freezing night in winter to help a cow give birth or check traps in a dangerous dark forest. Then there was the danger from other fellow men. So, it was hard living in those times. I freak out when a lightbulb goes out, so I'd probably wouldn't do so well in the frontier. Heh.