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The Oregon Trail
by Francis PARKMAN, JR. (1823 - 1893)Chapter VI. The Platte and the Desert
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)
Listen next episodes of The Oregon Trail:
Chapter IX. Scenes at Fort Laramie , 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