tilly was picked up by dutch on the street when she was 15 in 1894
she was malnourished and very distrusting of strangers after her ordeal with the foreman brothers and didn't have many options
dutch bought her a meal and offered her a place to stay back at camp.
tilly would do chores and was looked after by hosea and miss grimshaw. dutch and hosea taught her how to read and write. arthur taught her how to play dominoes and she'd go on to beat him almost everytime they played
tilly helped abigail a lot with baby jack. she'd watch him for abigail when she couldn't or was too tired