 Well, it was for the Euro-American pioneers, whether they were settled Americans, who were just called Americans in the novel, or more recent immigrants. It was a challenging experience. Indigenous peoples had also recently been removed, and they seemed to be long gone in the novel, but they really were only about 10 years gone from Webster County. So Willa Cather's aunt, Mary, wait a second, Frances Amanda Smith Cather, Aunt Frank,