Francis Parkman - The Oregon Trail (1849)

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Early on the next morning we reached Kansas, about five hundred miles from the mouth of the Missouri.

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Our New England climate is mild and equable compared with that of the Platte.

Francis Parkman

We were in all four men with eight animals; for besides the spare horses led by Shaw and myself, an additional mule was driven along with us as a reserve in case of accident.

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Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.

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Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.

Francis Parkman

[Out West] change has grown to metamorphosis. The sons of civilization, drawn by the fascinations of a fresher and bolder life, thronged to the western wilds in multitudes which blighted the charm that had lured them.

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