Pa Ingalls is a real jerk

Someone on facebag took one of those intrusive "which character are you" tests and came up as the Charles Ingalls. This touched a raw nerve and set me off:

Pa Ingalls is a loser. Ma should have traded him for an extra horse or a rifle and went back to the woods.

He moves his family away from the woods that have abundant resources and friends and family close by just because he likes to see wilder animals or needs to find himself or some nonsense. The family are nearly drowned crossing the frozen water as the ice breaks up less than 12 hours after they cross. He doesn't allow Jack in the wagon to ford the river so the girls think the dog drowned. His wife is seriously injured when she is forced to build the cabin. They are surrounded by wolves and he does absolutely nothing to scare them away or discourage them from holding the family prisoner in the cabin. He builds a chimney that almost kills his family while he is off in Independence doing who knows what. And why is he going to town all the damn time if he wanted to move away from people in the first place? He allows hostile Indians into the house and just watches as they steal his belongings. At least Jack has some damn sense and is protective of the house and family but Pa leaves him chained to the cabin 24/7 so as to not trouble the Indians! Then the Indians decide to massacre the family and terrorize them for days with their war drums. This wasn't some random kill the white people attack. Pa was such a jerk they had to have tribal council and really plan this thing. The Ingalls only survive by dumb luck when one Indian who happened to have some authority changed his mind at the last minute. But it would have been something like 200-1 if they put it to a vote. Shortly after this they have to abandon their homestead anyway and start over since U.S soldiers are coming to roust all the white settlers. That's when Pa decides to leave? He is so stubborn he thinks he's just going to hunker down and power through a war with the Indians but leaves before the soldiers even come to kick them out. I doubt the soldiers would have outright murdered them and would have been somewhat sympathetic but he doesn't even think about trying. Great year, thanks Pa.