I believe that the Squire was more interested in courtly love.
He is a noble warrior, having participated in many battles, but the reason why he fought wasn't for a good and noble cause, but rather to attract more women. He is interested in being around many women all the time and having a good time.
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It was extramly dangerous to travel by wagon, there was the threat of bandits, native american tribes, and Buffalo, plus added diseases and weather conditions, when the train was invented and used for civilian use after the American civil war, railways were built from the east and mid-west to the west, they were deamed more safe and it was a faster way to travel
They had soil that can be used for farming that was moist for crops.