Pioneeress

A very industrious(? pioneeress dug and sold six dollars worth of gold dust, but whether she was six days or as many weeks at it, I have not been informed;

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Her calling is very multifarious—one day, she goes out to nurse; another, to clean; on a third, she is engaged to wash; at one time, she has a house to let; at another, she is the pioneeress who clears the way, and makes all ready for the new incoming-tenant;

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I look upon the ship as a second Mayflower, and regard these women as pioneeresses.

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And to think, when you saw her mule-faced portrait in this book, that you figured her for just another dull and wagon-weary pioneeress.

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