CONTENTS

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A Change of Homes[9]
"Joe Bowers"[10]
The Reasons for Moving[12]
Mother's Anxiety[14]
How We Were to Travel[15]
Our Movable Home[18]
Leaving Ashley[19]
Eben Jordan[22]
On the Road[25]
Eben's Predictions[26]
What We Heard about California[27]
The First Encampment[28]
Night in Camp[31]
The Town of Independence[32]
Kansas Indians[34]
Looking into the Future for Trouble[35]
A Stormy Day[36]
A Lack of Fuel[38]
Making Camp in a Storm[40]
A Thunderstorm[42]
Another Company of Pikers[43]
The Stock Stray Away[45]
An Indian Village[47]
I Weary with so much Traveling[48]
Eben's Boasts[50]
Suffering with Thirst[51]
In Search of Water[53]
Quenching our Thirst[55]
Making Butter[57]
A Kansas Ferry[58]
The Surprise at Soldier Creek[60]
Bread Making[62]
Prairie Peas[63]
Eben as a Hunter[65]
A Herd of Buffaloes[66]
Excitement in the Camp[67]
A Feast of Buffalo Meat[68]
Curing the Meat[69]
A Wash Day[71]
Uncomfortable Traveling[72]
Ellen's Advice regarding the Story[74]
Indians and Mosquitoes[75]
Prairie Dogs[77]
Colonel Russell's Mishap[79]
Chimney Rock[81]
At Fort Laramie[82]
Cooking in Front of a Fireplace[84]
Trappers, Hunters, and Indians[85]
On the Trail Once More[87]
Independence Rock[88]
Arrival at Fort Bridger[90]
With our Faces toward California[92]
At Bear River[93]
The Coming of Winter[94]
Utah Indians[97]
A Dangerous Trail[98]
Sunflower Seeds and Antelope Stew[100]
A Forest Fire[102]
The Great Salt Lake[104]
Eben as a Fisherman[105]
Grasshopper Jam[107]
A Deserted Village[109]
The Great Salt Desert[111]
Preparing for a Dangerous Journey[112]
Bread and Coffee Making[114]
Breaking Camp at Midnight[115]
The Approach to the Salt Desert[117]
A Plain of Salt[117]
Like a Sea of Frozen Milk[119]
Salt Dust[120]
A Bitter Disappointment[122]
Coffee instead of Water[122]
A Spring of Sweet Water[123]
The Oasis[125]
Searching for Water[126]
The Beautiful Valley[128]
Snake Indians[130]
A Scarcity of Food[132]
Springs of Hot Water[133]
In the Land of Plenty[135]
The Truckee River[136]
A Home in the Sacramento Valley[138]
The Mission of San José[139]
Our Home in California[141]

MARTHA OF CALIFORNIA