This could be the result of growing up without having had the chance to meet other children and a stable family home. There is an instance mentioned in the book where Cougar Annie is visited by an archaeologist, Jim Haggarty (Horsfield, 88). Haggarty was doing an archaeological dig in Hesquiat Harbor and came to Cougar Annie's post office and supply store along with a Hesquiat Harbor native and an Estevan Point man (Horsfield, 88). All three men purchased items from Cougar Annie's store only to later realize that she had charged all three differently for the same supplies. According to Haggarty, Annie "made the Estevan man pay less, the native Hesquiat more (Horsfield, 88)," and Haggarty was charged a price that was in the middle of both of the others. Annie is said to have been especially wary of a certain type of people, the natives who visited, worked, and lived near her (Horsfield, 88). Annie was always suspicious of Native customers, believing them to do things like stealing and trying to get her money (Horsfield, 89). Although Annie was worried about the natives, she still needed them to help out with the work and had them as neighbors. Cougar Annie was also known by close relatives to hate customers who were known alcoholics, but she continued to accommodate their habits by selling them lemon and vanilla extract (Horsfield, 89). Nairne Carter, Robert Culver's daughter, recalls that Annie didn't like it when natives bought lemon or vanilla extract "because she knew they would drink it (Horsfield, 89)." Despite having problems with people's drinking, Annie still sold the extract and didn't bother taking money from drunks, but still blamed them "for the problem (Horsfield, 89)." Annie's problem and fear of drunks can be attributed to her past husbands; some who were