Tan presto conquistó para sí la admiración de sus nuevos compañeros que, al dar éstos por acabada la aventura, recibió sin un solo reparo o voto en contra una porción de tierra no menor ni menos fecunda que las de otros colonos, con las únicas excepciones de Young y los cuatro ancianos principales, Stangerson, Kemball, Johnston y Drebber.
So rapidly did he gain the esteem of his new companions, that when they reached the end of their wanderings, it was unanimously agreed that he should be provided with as large and as fertile a tract of land as any of the settlers, with the exception of Young himself, and of Stangerson, Kemball, Johnston, and Drebber, who were the four principal Elders.