TY - BOOK AU - Parkman,Francis TI - The Oregon Trail PY - 1946/// CY - Garden City PB - Doubleday & Co. KW - Indians of North America KW - West (U.S.) KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Description and travel N1 - Cont.: The Frontier -- Breaking the ice -- Fort Leavenworth -- "Jumping Off" -- The "Big Blue" -- The platte and the desert -- The buffalo -- Taking French leave -- Scenes at Fort Laramie -- The war parties -- Scenes at the camp -- Ill-Luck -- Hunting Indians -- The Ogillallah Village -- The Hunting Camp -- The trappers -- The Black Hills -- A mountain hunt -- Passage of the mountains -- The lonely journey -- The pueblo and Bent's Fort -- TĂȘte Rouge, the volunteer -- Indian alarms -- The chase -- The buffalo camp -- Down the Arkansas -- The settlements N2 - Presents an account of a young Eastern journalist's travels on the Oregon Trail and in 1846 ER -