Indian Country

They have not changed much for me since in the book, the author describes a lot of the roles that are were popular in the West that are also portrayed in movies. Such as Little House on the Prairie and how they men did most of the outdoor work, like fixing fences, hunting, milking the cows, and shooting guns, where women stayed inside and baked, cooked, and even teaching Carrie how to sew. Frontier homesteading was very difficult in the past, just by what was available to make a successful life on the frontier. It took days in cover wagon to reach a town 5 miles away, the Indians always wanting to raid houses and set fire to homesteads because of the dislike of the new homesteaders, and even the medicine they had was not that advanced so getting sick could lead to major deaths or infections, so under these circumstances, it made living in "Indian Country" very difficult. In my opinion the most difficult thing for the homesteaders was the Indians, because not knowing when they will attack, and how they will attack left the homesteaders on their toes.