The Oregon Trail; Sketches of Prairie And Rocky Mountain Life
The Oregon Trail; Sketches of Prairie And Rocky Mountain Life
Macdonald, William, 1863-1938
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The men themselves made no objection, nor would they have made any had the journey been more danger- ous ; for Henry was without fear, and the other two without thought. Shaw and I were much better fitted for this mode of traveling than we had been on betaking ourselves to the prairies for the first time a few months before. The daily iprobably Nathaniel J. Wyeth of Boston, who had invested considerable capital in the salmon industry on the Columbia River, and in 1832 had made a thrilling journ...ey with Sublette up the Platte valley. See Inman's Great Salt Lake Trail. 49-51. 308 The Oregon Trail routine had ceased to be a novelty. All the details of the journey and the camp had become familiar to us. We had seen life under a new aspect; the human biped had been reduced to his primitive condition. We had lived without law to protect, a roof to shelter, or garment of cloth to cover us. One of us at least had been without bread, and without salt to season his food. Our idea of what is indispensable to human existence and enjoyment had been wonderfully cur- tailed, and a horse, a rifle, and a knife seemed to make up the whole of life's necessaries.
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