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1   CHAPTER SIX: THE OREGON TRAIL

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The Wagon Wheels of Whitman    .   ....... 205

"Travel!  Travel!!  Travel!!!"........ 218

With Francis Parkman in the West....... 229

Learning by Bitter Experience......... 236

CHAPTER SEVEN:  ACROSS THE PLAINS > TO CALIFORNIA

A Tragedy of the Trail........... 251

Across the Desert in Safety......... 262

CHAPTER EIGHT: TOILING UP THE MISSOURI

With Lewis and Clark........... 275

By Means of Cordelle and Bridle........ 283

Early Steamboating on the Missouri....... 294

Bibliography.............. 305

Index................. 313