During the cattle drive, Colleen was eager to be alone with Jesse, the cowhand. She fell for him in a day. Now she acts like a little girl. She does not want the womanly figure that the men ogle.
This show was too gentle on the trauma of mastectomy. There was no reconstruction or implants back then. The first attempt at reconstruction was in 1895, and the first implant was 1962. Dorothy is never shown to be physically misshapen or deformed in subsequent episodes. And no mention was made of the first rubber breast pad in 1874.
Matthew has 171 beef cattle. It is not clear where he is keeping them. He is in town or at the homestead most of the time.. it is unclear who is taking care of them.