I don't know about the adult settlers, but the kids were. They were happy. Now, there's another plant that's closely related to compassplant called cupplant. The one where the leaves form a bowl around the stem. Even if it hasn't rained for about a week or two you still have water at the base of that cup, because the dew flows toward the center.
People even see birds drinking water out of that.
I've seen hummingbirds and butterflies. They use them as little, miniature bird baths. It's a striking prairie plant, too. Now, this one is striking but it is not a prairie plant. I'm used to seeing it driving along the highways.