Think about it for a second. They were alone in a wilderness. If they wanted a wife, how were they to get one? Could they order one out of a catalog? Could they write home to their parents to pick out a nice lady from the church group? Could they go the taverns or commons house to pick out a suitable decent woman?
None of these options were very good. What they could do is barter for some well brought up girl from the First Nations tribe. And the girls were very well brought up.
