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  Julia and Silas move to Springfield.
  Ellen and Willie go to Springfield with father's gold.
  The kids build a raft.  Silas goes after a snake, and they lose Father's ax when the raft overturns.
  Ellen's father delivers a secret message to the front lines.
  Ellen worries about having to take care of the household.
  Father and Julia decide to get back together, and the whole family goes home.
  A wild fire threatens the farm.  Ellen and Willie go to the creek.  Julia comes to help and breaks her teapot.
  Ellen's father goes to Springfield.  He returns home with a new mother for Ellen and her brothers.
  Louisa visits Ellen, and they learn that Julia's quilt pattern is called "Robbing Peter to Pay Paul." 
  Jack leaves to fight Black Hawk.
  Silas hits Ellen in the face with his whip.
  Silas finds Ellen and Willie when he runs away to fight Indians.
  There is a very hard winter. 
  Mr. Robb tries to steal the family gold.

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