The Oregon Trail: sketches of prairie and Rocky-Mountain life

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Oregon Trail, by Francis Parkman, Jr. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Oregon Trail Author: Francis Parkman, Jr. Release Date: April 27, 2006 [EBook #1015] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE OREGON TRAIL *** Produced by Donald Lainson; David Widger THE OREGON TRAIL by Francis Parkman, Jr. Contents CHAPTER I THE FRONTIER CHAPTER II BREAKING THE ICE CHAPTER III FORT LEAVENWORTH CHAPTER IV "JUMPING OFF" CHAPTER V "THE BIG BLUE" CHAPTER VI THE PLATTE AND THE DESERT CHAPTER VII THE BUFFALO CHAPTER VIII TAKING FRENCH LEAVE CHAPTER IX SCENES AT FORT LARAMIE CHAPTER X THE WAR PARTIES CHAPTER XI SCENES AT THE CAMP CHAPTER XII ILL LUCK CHAPTER XIII HUNTING INDIANS CHAPTER XIV THE OGALLALLA VILLAGR CHAPTER XV THE HUNTING CAMP CHAPTER XVI THE TRAPPERS CHAPTER XVII THE BLACK HILLS CHAPTER XVIII A MOUNTAIN HUNT CHAPTER XIX PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAINS 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 CHAPTER I THE FRONTIER Last spring, 1846, was a busy season in the City of St.