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)
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The Oregon Trail:
Chapter IX. Scenes at Fort Laramie ,
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