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The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain LifeFrancis Parkman

The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

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Original author: Francis Parkman

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"The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life" by Francis Parkman is a book published in 1849. It recounts Parkman's two-month journey through Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas in the summer of 1846, when he was twenty-three years old. The narrative centers on three weeks he spent hunting buffalo with an Oglala Sioux band, capturing the wonder and beauty of frontier life through vivid storytelling that would establish Parkman's reputation in American literature.

The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life, by Francis Parkman. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #1015.

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27 Chapters

  1. 1.Chapter I: The Frontier2,591 words
  2. 2.Chapter II: Breaking the Ice3,605 words
  3. 3.Chapter III: Fort Leavenworth1,041 words
  4. 4.Chapter IV: “jumping Off”3,673 words
  5. 5.Chapter V: “the Big Blue”5,945 words
  6. 6.Chapter VI: The Platte and the Desert4,525 words
  7. 7.Chapter VII: The Buffalo5,597 words
  8. 8.Chapter VIII: Taking French Leave5,530 words
  9. 9.Chapter IX: Scenes at Fort Laramie4,972 words
  10. 10.Chapter X: The War Parties7,819 words
  11. 11.Chapter XI: Scenes at the Camp6,822 words
  12. 12.Chapter XII: ILL Luck2,400 words
  13. 13.Chapter XIII: Hunting Indians8,513 words
  14. 14.Chapter XIV: The Ogallalla Village7,316 words
  1. 15.Chapter XV: The Hunting Camp8,339 words
  2. 16.Chapter XVI: The Trappers3,394 words
  3. 17.Chapter XVII: The Black Hills1,409 words
  4. 18.Chapter XVIII: A Mountain Hunt4,192 words
  5. 19.Chapter XIX: Passage of the Mountains5,934 words
  6. 20.Chapter XX: The Lonely Journey7,180 words
  7. 21.Chapter XXI: The Pueblo and Bent’s Fort2,521 words
  8. 22.Chapter XXII: Tete Rouge, the Volunteer1,578 words
  9. 23.Chapter XXIII: Indian Alarms4,031 words
  10. 24.Chapter XXIV: The Chase3,350 words
  11. 25.Chapter XXV: The Buffalo Camp5,552 words
  12. 26.Chapter XXVI: Down the Arkansas6,103 words
  13. 27.Chapter XXVII: The Settlements3,509 words