Antoine of Oregon: A Story of the Oregon Trail
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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.
Map to illustrate the Story of Antoine of Oregon
A Story of the Oregon Trail
BY JAMES OTIS
NEW YORK -:- CINCINNATI -:- CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, by JAMES OTIS KALER.
Copyright, 1912, in Great Britain.
ANTOINE OF OREGON.
W. P. I
The author of this series of stories for children has endeavored simply to show why and how the descendants of the early colonists fought their way through the wilderness in search of new homes. The several narratives deal with the struggles of those adventurous people who forced their way westward, ever westward, whether in hope of gain or in answer to the call of the wild, and who, in so doing, wrote their names with their blood across this country of ours from the Ohio to the Columbia.
James Otis
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Antoine of Oregon
FOREWORD
CONTENTS
THE FUR TRADERS
WHY I AM NOT A FUR TRADER
STRIVING TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE
AN INQUISITIVE STRANGER
AN UNEXPECTED PROPOSITION
I SET OUT AS A GUIDE
JOHN MITCHELL'S OUTFIT
MAKING THE BARGAIN
WE LEAVE ST. LOUIS
THE HARDSHIPS TO BE ENCOUNTERED
THE CAMP AT INDEPENDENCE
A FRONTIER TOWN
THE START FROM INDEPENDENCE
CARELESS TRAVELERS
OVERRUN BY WILD HORSES
SEARCHING FOR THE LIVE STOCK
ABANDONING THE MISSING ANIMALS
MEETING WITH OTHER EMIGRANTS
A TEMPEST
FACING THE INDIANS
TEACHING THE PAWNEES A LESSON
THE PAWNEE VILLAGE
A BOLD DEMAND
I GAIN CREDIT AS A GUIDE
A DIFFICULT CROSSING
WASH DAY
INDIAN PICTURES
A PLAGUE OF WOOD TICKS
ANOTHER TEMPEST
THE CATTLE STAMPEDED AGAIN
DIFFICULT TRAVELING
COLONEL KEARNY'S DRAGOONS
DISAGREEABLE VISITORS
DRIVING AWAY THE INDIANS
TURKEY HUNTING
EAGER HUNTERS
ANTELOPE COUNTRY
SHOOTING ANTELOPES
A PAWNEE VISITOR
THE PAWNEES TRY TO FRIGHTEN US
DEFENDING OURSELVES
SCARCITY OF FUEL, AND DISCOMFORT
LAME OXEN
AN ARMY OF EMIGRANTS
THE BUFFALO COUNTRY
HUNTING BUFFALOES
MY MOTHER'S ADVICE
ASH HOLLOW POST OFFICE
NEW COMRADES
FORT LARAMIE
A SIOUX ENCAMPMENT
INDIANS ON THE MARCH
THE FOURTH OF JULY
MULTITUDES OF BUFFALOES
WE MEET COLONEL KEARNY AGAIN
ACROSS THE DIVIDE
FORT BRIDGER
TRADING AT FORT HALL
THIEVISH SNAKES
THE HOT SPRINGS
THE FALLS OF THE SNAKE RIVER
SIGNS OF THE INDIANS
BESET WITH DANGER
HUNGER AND THIRST
NEARLY EXHAUSTED
ARRIVAL AT FORT BOISE
ON THE TRAIL ONCE MORE
CAYUSE INDIANS
THE COLUMBIA RIVER
AN INDIAN FERRY
THE DALLES OF THE COLUMBIA
OUR LIVE STOCK
MY WORK AS GUIDE ENDED
I BECOME A FARMER
BOOKS CONSULTED IN WRITING ANTOINE OF OREGON
