Premise:
"oh no that can be awful"
Hypothesis: Oh no, that can be terrible.

yes

Premise:
"Too often he might have come hunting a district where there was a longer distance between sheriffs."
Hypothesis: He looked for places with lawmen nearby.

no

Premise:
"We've been threatened with it in plain and unmistakable terms."
Hypothesis: We were given an ultimatum.
it is not possible to tell