Margaret Deal Continues Alone (page 4)   In her homestead three miles east of Humboldt in Allen County, Kansas, Margaret C. Myers Deal (wife of Andrew Deal) bravely confronted her future with her children. Margaret and Andrew's first child, Paris Deal, was born on Oct. 30, 1859, and their second, Thomas Benton Deal, was born on April 14, 1861, before the family's move to Kansas. On January 29, 1864, seven months after Andrew's death, Margaret gave birth to a daughter, Mary Elizabeth.   Margaret had the support of her parents and her in-laws and managed to continue farming. Paris Deal described in the articles for The Humboldt Union that the young children had responsibilities, including keeping their and neighbors' free range livestock out of their crops. The family managed with few luxuries, since most products came by wagon train and were expensive. Their diet for the winter was mostly parched corn and milk, occasionally sweetened with molasses. In some years they were fortunate to have a hog to fatten for butchering.   An old trail near the Deal home was used as a major north-south route by soldiers, settlers, and Indians. Because some of the southern Indian tribes were hostile, local families were uneasy when large groups of Indians arrived in the area. Margaret Deal hid her family when she had advance warning. Sometimes she had none. Luckily, all the Indians who knocked on their homestead door or appeared silently in their home were friendly.