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  • Across the Plains in 1844. Illustrated

    by Catherine Sager ...
    In "Across the Plains in 1844," Catherine Sager presents a vivid and personal narrative of her family's journey westward during the early days of American expansion. The memoir captures the challenges and adventures experienced by the Sager family as they traveled along the Oregon Trail. Catherine, just nine years old at the time, recounts the hardships of the trail, including illnesses, accidents ... Read more

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  • Across the Plains in 1844

    by Catherine Sager ...
    Across the Plains in 1844 by Catherine Sager is among the most gripping firsthand accounts of pioneer life in the American West ever written. It is also a key primary document supporting the events of the Whitman Massacre.On November 29, 1847, Marcus Whitman, a doctor, and Narcissa Whitman, his wife, and twelve other members of the Waiilatpu Mission in the Oregon Territory were murdered by a small ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

  • Across the Plains in 1884

    by Catherine Sager ...
    In April 1844 the Sager family took part in the great westward migration and started their journey along the Oregon Trail. During it, both Henry and Naomi lost their lives and left their seven children orphaned. Later adopted by Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, missionaries in what is now Washington, they were orphaned a second time, when both their new parents were killed during the Whitman massacre ... Read more

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  • Across the Plains in 1884

    A First Hand Account of Pioneer Life in the American West

    by Catherine Sager ...
    Embark on an unforgettable journey into the heart of the American West with the Sager family, pioneers who braved the infamous Oregon Trail. In the face of tragedy, Henry and Naomi Sager's seven children found themselves orphaned not once, but twice—first on the treacherous trail, and later under the care of Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, courageous missionaries in the untamed lands of what is now ... Read more

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  • Exploring Canada for a Transcontinental Railroad

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  • Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865

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    Sarah Raymond was an unmarried woman of twenty-four who in May 1865--barely a month after the end of the Civil War--mounted her beloved pony and headed west alongside the wagon carrying her mother and two younger brothers. They traveled by wagon train over the Great Plains toward the Rocky Mountains, with no certain idea of where they would settle themselves but a strong desire to leave war-torn ... Read more

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  • The War Trail of Big Bear, Being the Story of the Connection of Big Bear and other Cree Indian Chiefs

    by William Bleasdell Cameron ...
    First published in 1926, this book by William Bleasdell Cameron is the gripping account of his experiences of captivity following the Frog Lake Massacre of the North-West Rebellion of April 2, 1885, of which he was the only male survivor."On that dread day in April, 1885, when savagery was blood-mad, his constant and understanding kindness to the Indians bore fruit: "Those women are starting for ... Read more

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  • The Spirit Lake Massacre and the Captivity of Abbie Gardner (Expanded, Annotated)

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    Crossing the Plains in 1865

    by Sarah Raymond Herndon ...
    Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865 is Sarah Raymond Herndon’s famous journal of her family’s heartbreaking but inspiring trek across the Great Plains towards the Rocky Mountains in a wagon-train as the US Civil War is coming to an end. 24-year old Herndon’s colorful travelogue, written on the trail, is both an important historical document and a suspenseful, absorbing read. ... Read more

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  • California: A Trip Across the Plains, in the Spring of 1850

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    James Abbey was a member of a traveling party that left New Albany, Indiana, for California in 1850. He kept a day-by-day journal of his overland journey. Abbey provides a wealth of information about what it was like to travel overland by wagon in 1850. ... Read more

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