The Oregon trail
by Parkman, Francis
Published by : Little, Brown and Company (Boston) Physical details: 411 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| 917.8 Mar Hell on horses and women | 917.8 Mue New Mexico II | 917.8 Par The Oregon Trail | 917.8 Par The Oregon trail | 917.8 Pei The great plains states of America | 917.8 Rem Frederic Remington's own west | 917.8 Rem Pony tracks |
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 -- Tete rouge, the volunteer -- Indian Alarms -- The chase -- The buffalo camp -- Down the Arkansas -- The settlements
Contains "The Oregon Trail," a collection of essays that first appeared in the "Knickerbocker Magazine," discussing Parkman's trip to Oregon in 1846, and "The Conspiracy of Pontiac," relating Ottawa leader Pontiac's attacks on British forts and settlements in the 1760s.