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　　[00:00.00]Eventually, the winds lessened

　　[00:03.28]and the Captain was able to

　　[00:04.81]set his sights towards America

　　[00:06.46]and become ably steering the ship

　　[00:09.41]on an even course.

　　[00:11.27]Eight weeks later, plus one day,

　　[00:14.33]the Hannah made landfall

　　[00:16.19]and the Love family disembarked

　　[00:18.38]in America and became

　　[00:19.69]American newest immigrants.

　　[00:22.54]Gazing at the mainland

　　[00:24.84]after so many days of sailing

　　[00:26.91]was indeed a glorious sight.

　　[00:29.65]The difficult days aboard ship

　　[00:32.60]seemed worthwhile. Porters hurried

　　[00:36.32]along the docks pushing baggage.

　　[00:38.29]Little girls with ribbons

　　[00:40.26]in their hair scanned the ship’s decks

　　[00:42.45]hoping to get a first glimpse

　　[00:44.74]of their father arriving.

　　[00:46.60]It seemed to Lily that

　　[00:49.01]it took forever to register

　　[00:50.77]and to pass through immigration.

　　[00:52.73]John said that he would

　　[00:56.01]go ahead to scout out some land

　　[00:57.44]in the far west of the state.

　　[00:59.63]He would push on to the frontier

　　[01:02.47]with a bunch of other Irish chaps.

　　[01:04.55]Lily and the children

　　[01:07.07]could follow more slowly,

　　[01:09.04]harnessing the horse and cart

　　[01:10.67]to convey their scanty possessions.

　　[01:13.08]The stuff in the cart

　　[01:15.27]would include a kettle,

　　[01:16.69]dishes, blankets, a chair,

　　[01:19.43]a bucket and an axe.

　　[01:22.18]There was a perception

　　[01:25.47]by the government

　　[01:26.45]at this time that

　　[01:27.77][the feisty Irish would

　　[01:29.41]resist any hostile natives

　　[01:31.27]refusing to retreat and thus

　　[01:33.56]maintaining the western boundary.

　　[01:36.30]The Irish, too, were pleased

　　[01:39.03]to settle as far away

　　[01:40.79]from the government as possible.

　　[01:42.87]Instead of purchasing land,

　　[01:45.05]they would “squat” on the property

　　[01:48.52]erecting only a temporary,

　　[01:49.95]humble shelter to stave off the weather.

　　[01:53.01]Once their families arrived,

　　[01:55.85]they would inspire the men

　　[01:58.04]to build proper cabins.

　　[01:59.79]Neither fancy nor elegant,

　　[02:02.31]these log structures would

　　[02:04.82]be their first real homes.

　　[02:07.01]Property boundaries at this time

　　[02:09.86]were not marked out

　　[02:11.27]with iron rods or stakes

　　[02:13.25]in a standard fashion,

　　[02:14.56]but rather designated

　　[02:16.09] by natural objects such as

　　[02:18.17]rocks, trees and creeks.

　　[02:21.01]Confusion and disputes must often

　　[02:24.74]have followed later,

　　[02:26.05]when these survey points disappeared.

　　[02:28.67]After exploring the area around Shirleysburg,

　　[02:33.81]John and his sons rode

　　[02:36.00]over Sandy Ridge to survey

　　[02:37.75]the property below Black Log Mountain.

　　[02:40.27]It was here in a long narrow valley

　　[02:43.88]they decided to settle.

　　[02:46.07]The valley became known then,

　　[02:48.47]and is still called Love’s Valley today.