The Oregon Trail, Francis PARKMAN, JR. (1823 - 1893) audiobook

The Oregon Trail

by Francis PARKMAN, JR. (1823 - 1893)

The book is a breezy, first-person account of a 2 month summer tour of the U.S. states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas when Parkman was 23. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Chapter I. The Frontier

Chapter II. Breaking the Ice

Chapter III. Fort Leavenworth

Chapter IV. “Jumping Off”

Chapter IX. Scenes at Fort Laramie

Chapter V. The “Big Blue”

Chapter VI. The Platte and the Desert

Chapter VII. The Buffalo

Chapter VIII. Taking French Leave

Chapter X. The War Parties

Chapter XI. Scenes at the Camp

Chapter XII. Ill-Luck

Chapter XIII. Hunting Indians

Chapter XIV. The Ogillallah Village

Chapter XIX. Passage of the Mountains

Chapter XV. The Hunting Camp

Chapter XVI. The Trappers

Chapter XVII. The Black Hills

Chapter XVIII. A Mountain Hunt

Chapter XX. The Lonely Journey

Chapter XXI. The Pueblo and Bent's Fort

Chapter XXII. Tete Rouge, the Volunteer

Chapter XXIII. Indian Alarms

Chapter XXIV. The Chase

Chapter XXV. The Buffalo Camp

Chapter XXVI. Down the Arkansas

Chapter XXVII. The Settlements