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Title: The way to the West, and the lives of three early Americans, Boone--Crockett--Carson
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Hough, Emerson, 1857-1923 Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909, illus
Subjects: Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836 Carson, Kit, 1809-1868
Publisher: Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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astern menbelieved. At last we summoned together our senses,our halting diplomacy, with the result that we keptour marches intact to the Western sea. This wewere able to do simply because of the individualsearch that had been going on for the head watersof the Western streams, because the Western menhad already made for us that Oregon trail, whichgave us touch with the far-off American provincesbeyond the Eockies. To-day, to the average resident of the Middle West,Oregon seems farther away than California; but upto the middle of the last century it was much nearerand much better known; and it was so solely because,under the existing conditions of travel, it was moreaccessible. The Santa Fe trail did not go to Cali-fornia. The Oregon trail did go to Oregon, and overa plain and easy route. The Oregon trail left the Missouri River, as didthe Santa Fe trail, at that early citadel of the tradeof the West, the town, of Independence. It followedup the ancient valley of the Platte, immemorial
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A RETREAT TO THE BLOCKHOUSE THE OREGON TRAIL 291 highway of the tribes, and led to the head watersof many streams now historic, even then longfamiliar to many of our early trappers and traders. We have heard of Andrew Henry, whose name wasgiven to a beautiful lake of the Rockies, as well asto a once famous trading post across the range, thelieutenant whose man, Etienne Provost, probably dis-covered the South Pass. We know of the traderJackson, one of General Ashleys bold mountainfamily, whose name was left to the beautiful valleybelow the Yellowstone Park, called even to-day Jack-sons Hole. We have heard of the wanderings ofCampbell, Fitzpatrick, Sublette, of Jim Bridger,and of General Ashley himself, prince of early moun-tain traders, father of a bold crew of young succes-sors. We shall presently speak of Bonneville andhis northern wagons, and of Bonnevilles manWalker, bigger than himself. We must also tracea part of the march of the first land party to crossthis continent, the Astor

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