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Sam & Pa arrive in Curlew, Alberta
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Ticket to Curlew
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Chalkey shows Pa & Sam where their land is
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Sam finds a buffalo skull
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Pa, Sam, Chalkey & Eli dig a well
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Pa plows a fire guard around the house site
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Pa, Sam & the Martingales build a house for the Ferrier's
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Pa, Sam and the Martingales build a house for the Martingales to live in
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Sam finds a buffalo wallow
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Pa plows the fields
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Mama, Matt & Josie come to Curlew
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The Ferrier family builds furniture and sets up the house
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The Farrier's take cinnamon buns to meet their new neighbors
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Sam & Matt go exploring & get lost
Matt & Sam find the grove of trees surrounding a patch of prairie lilies. -
Pa buys winter supplies & new horse Prince
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Sam, Matt & Josie ride Prince to school for first time
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Neighbor boy (who doesn't speak English) tries to visit with Sam
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The Martingale's oxen get out of the pasture & disappear
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Gregor & Sam meet on the road and go look for the oxen together
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Sam shot 2 ducks with Mr. Cobbett's shotgun
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Mr. Cobbett & Pa decide to read the newspaper together every Saturday afternoon
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Sam reads the story from the newspaper to the Cobbett's and his family
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Mr. Holderman from the railway station delivers a pine tree to the school house for a present
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The students and Miss Barnett decorate the Christmas tree
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Sam reads "The Fir Tree" by Hans Christian Anderson and Josie sang "Sweet and Low" at the Christmas Concert
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Pa tells Sam that he is turning Prince, Goldie & Pete loose on the prairie for the winter
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Pa & Sam ride out on the prairie to turn the horses loose
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Prince came back to the farm so Pa took him back out to the prairie
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Matt, Josie & Sam decorate the house for Christmas
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Mama decides Sam has pouted long enough and has him make up a plan for planting crops and yields for the next year
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Sam went into Curlew with Pa and bought Christmas presents for his family
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Sam, Matt, Josie & Mama taught Gregor to speak, read & write some English
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A big five day snow storm sets in
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Sam helped Pa do chores out in the barn
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Mama bakes bread
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Sam goes for a run on the prairie and sees the herd of horses. He sees that Prince is the leaders.
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Gregor told Sam and his family about his family and where they had come from
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Gregor gives Mrs. Ferrier an Easter egg as a thank you present.
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Sam notices that the wind smells different and is coming from the south
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Pa and Sam go out on the prairie to try and catch their horses. Prince leads the herd away.
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Pa, Sam & Adam Martingale rode out onto the prairie to try and catch the horses again. Prince led the herd away again.
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Pa rides to town to talk to everyone about going out to round up the horses and Mama and the kids wash all the quilts and laundry
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King, Goldie & Pete come home by themselves