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The Oregon trail; sketches of prairie and Rocky-mountain life,

Author: Francis Parkman
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, and company, 1892.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893.
Oregon trail.
Boston, Little, Brown, and company, 1892
(OCoLC)769158310
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Francis Parkman
OCLC Number: 1813061
Notes: First published 1849 under title: The California and Oregon trail.
Description: xvi, 411 p. front., illus., plates. 23 cm.
Contents: The frontier --
Breaking the ice --
Fort Leavenworth --
"Jumping off" --
The "Big blue" --
The Platte and the desert --
The Buffalo --
Taking French leave --
Scenes at Fort Laramie --
The war parties --
Scenes at the camp --
Ill-luck --
Hunting Indians --
The Ogillallah village --
The hunting camp --
The trappers --
The Black Hills --
A mountain hunt --
Passage of the mountains --
The lonely journey --
The Pueblo and Bent's Fort --
Tête rouge, the volunteer --
Indian alarms --
The chase --
The buffalo camp --
Down the Arkansas --
The settlements.
Responsibility: by Francis Parkman; [illustrated by Frederic Remington.]

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