...there was an incessant hammering and banging from a dozen blacksmith's sheds, where the heavy waggons were being repaired, and the horses and oxen shod....land of promise, are happy enough to escape from it. come up. Accordingly K. and the muleteer went forward with the wagon and tent, while the captain and...

...the vilest outcasts in the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various mo-, lives that give impulse to this strange migration ; but...land of promise, are happy enough to escape from it. come up. Accordingly K. and the muleteer went forward with the wagon and tent, while the captain and...

...the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane...seven or eight days we had brought our preparations nearly to a close. Meanwhile our friends had completed theirs, and, becoming tired of Westport, they...

...the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane...certain it is, that multitudes bitterly repent the journej, and, after they have reached the land of promise, are happy enough to escape from it. In the...

...often per10 THE OREGON TRAIL. plexed myself to divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane...seven or eight days we had brought our preparations nearly to a close. Meanwhile our friends had completed theirs, and, becoming tired of Westport, they...

...with their long whips in their hands, were zealously discussing the doc trine of regeneration. 13. The emigrants, however, are not all of this stamp....land of promise are happy enough to escape from it. I. Definitions: (1) e quip'ments, necessary supplies ; (1) lev'ee (-e), an embankment to prevent the...

...the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in lifo, or a desire of shaking off restraints of law and society, or mere restlessness, certain it is,...

...the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various motives that gave impulse to this migration; but whatever they may be, whether an insane hope of a better condition in life, or a desire to shake off restraints of law and society, or mere restlessness, certain it is, that multitudes bitterly...

...who, with their long whips in their hands, were zealously discussing the doctrine of regeneration. 1 The emigrants, however, are not all of this stamp....journey, and after they have reached the land of promise 2 are happy enough to escape from it. In the course of seven or eight days we had brought our preparations...

...the country. I have often perplexed myself to divine the various motives that give impulse to this migration ; but whatever they may be, whether an insane...shaking off restraints of law and society, or mere 15 restlessness, certain it is, that multitudes bitterly repent the journey, and, after they have,...