This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I
THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1845 — SPEECHES OF SENATOR BENTON AND REPORT OF CAPT. FRÉMONT — MY FATHER AND HIS FAMILY — INTEREST AWAKENED IN THE NEW TERRITORY — FORMATION OF THE FIRST EMIGRANT PARTY FROM ILLINOIS TO CALIFORNIA — PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY — THE START — ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER II
IN THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS — PRAIRIE SCHOONERS FROM SANTA FÉ TO INDEPENDENCE, MO. — LIFE en route — THE BIG BLUE — CAMP GOVERNMENT — THE Blue Rover
CHAPTER III
IN THE HAUNTS OF THE PAWNEES — LETTERS OF MRS. GEORGE DONNER — HALT AT FORT BERNARD — SIOUX INDIANS AT FORT LARAMIE
CHAPTER IV
FOURTH OF JULY IN AN EMIGRANT PARTY — OPEN LETTER OF LANSFORD HASTINGS — GEORGE DONNER ELECTED CAPTAIN OF PARTY BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA — ENTERING THE GREAT DESERT — INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD — VOLUNTEERS COMMISSIONED BY MY FATHER TO HASTEN TO SUTTER'S FORT FOR RELIEF
CHAPTER V
BEWILDERING GUIDE BOARD — SOUL-TRYING STRUGGLES — FIRST SNOW — REED-SNYDER TRAGEDY — HARDCOOP'S FATE
...
CHAPTER XXXV
THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY, COUSINS OF DANIEL WEBSTER — JEFFERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL — FURTHER CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF THE DONNER PARTY — PATERNAL ANCESTRY — S.O. HOUGHTON — DEATH TAKES ONE OF THE SEVEN SURVIVING DONNERS
CHAPTER XXXVI
NEWS OF THE BRUNNERS — LETTERS FROM GRANDPA
CHAPTER XXXVII
ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR — MARRIAGE — SONOMA REVISITED
APPENDIX I
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN The California Star — STATISTICS OF THE PARTY — NOTES OF AGUILLA GLOVER — EXTRACT FROM THORNTON — RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN BAPTISTE TRUBODE
APPENDIX II
THE REED-GREENWOOD PARTY, OR SECOND RELIEF — REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM G. MURPHY — CONCERNING NICHOLAS CLARK AND JOHN BAPTISTE
APPENDIX III
HE REPORT OF THOMAS FALLON — DEDUCTIONS — STATEMENT OF EDWIN BRYANT — PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
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• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I
THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1845 — SPEECHES OF SENATOR BENTON AND REPORT OF CAPT. FRÉMONT — MY FATHER AND HIS FAMILY — INTEREST AWAKENED IN THE NEW TERRITORY — FORMATION OF THE FIRST EMIGRANT PARTY FROM ILLINOIS TO CALIFORNIA — PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY — THE START — ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER II
IN THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS — PRAIRIE SCHOONERS FROM SANTA FÉ TO INDEPENDENCE, MO. — LIFE en route — THE BIG BLUE — CAMP GOVERNMENT — THE Blue Rover
CHAPTER III
IN THE HAUNTS OF THE PAWNEES — LETTERS OF MRS. GEORGE DONNER — HALT AT FORT BERNARD — SIOUX INDIANS AT FORT LARAMIE
CHAPTER IV
FOURTH OF JULY IN AN EMIGRANT PARTY — OPEN LETTER OF LANSFORD HASTINGS — GEORGE DONNER ELECTED CAPTAIN OF PARTY BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA — ENTERING THE GREAT DESERT — INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD — VOLUNTEERS COMMISSIONED BY MY FATHER TO HASTEN TO SUTTER'S FORT FOR RELIEF
CHAPTER V
BEWILDERING GUIDE BOARD — SOUL-TRYING STRUGGLES — FIRST SNOW — REED-SNYDER TRAGEDY — HARDCOOP'S FATE
...
CHAPTER XXXV
THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY, COUSINS OF DANIEL WEBSTER — JEFFERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL — FURTHER CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF THE DONNER PARTY — PATERNAL ANCESTRY — S.O. HOUGHTON — DEATH TAKES ONE OF THE SEVEN SURVIVING DONNERS
CHAPTER XXXVI
NEWS OF THE BRUNNERS — LETTERS FROM GRANDPA
CHAPTER XXXVII
ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR — MARRIAGE — SONOMA REVISITED
APPENDIX I
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN The California Star — STATISTICS OF THE PARTY — NOTES OF AGUILLA GLOVER — EXTRACT FROM THORNTON — RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN BAPTISTE TRUBODE
APPENDIX II
THE REED-GREENWOOD PARTY, OR SECOND RELIEF — REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM G. MURPHY — CONCERNING NICHOLAS CLARK AND JOHN BAPTISTE
APPENDIX III
HE REPORT OF THOMAS FALLON — DEDUCTIONS — STATEMENT OF EDWIN BRYANT — PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I
THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1845 — SPEECHES OF SENATOR BENTON AND REPORT OF CAPT. FRÉMONT — MY FATHER AND HIS FAMILY — INTEREST AWAKENED IN THE NEW TERRITORY — FORMATION OF THE FIRST EMIGRANT PARTY FROM ILLINOIS TO CALIFORNIA — PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY — THE START — ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER II
IN THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS — PRAIRIE SCHOONERS FROM SANTA FÉ TO INDEPENDENCE, MO. — LIFE en route — THE BIG BLUE — CAMP GOVERNMENT — THE Blue Rover
CHAPTER III
IN THE HAUNTS OF THE PAWNEES — LETTERS OF MRS. GEORGE DONNER — HALT AT FORT BERNARD — SIOUX INDIANS AT FORT LARAMIE
CHAPTER IV
FOURTH OF JULY IN AN EMIGRANT PARTY — OPEN LETTER OF LANSFORD HASTINGS — GEORGE DONNER ELECTED CAPTAIN OF PARTY BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA — ENTERING THE GREAT DESERT — INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD — VOLUNTEERS COMMISSIONED BY MY FATHER TO HASTEN TO SUTTER'S FORT FOR RELIEF
CHAPTER V
BEWILDERING GUIDE BOARD — SOUL-TRYING STRUGGLES — FIRST SNOW — REED-SNYDER TRAGEDY — HARDCOOP'S FATE
...
CHAPTER XXXV
THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY, COUSINS OF DANIEL WEBSTER — JEFFERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL — FURTHER CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF THE DONNER PARTY — PATERNAL ANCESTRY — S.O. HOUGHTON — DEATH TAKES ONE OF THE SEVEN SURVIVING DONNERS
CHAPTER XXXVI
NEWS OF THE BRUNNERS — LETTERS FROM GRANDPA
CHAPTER XXXVII
ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR — MARRIAGE — SONOMA REVISITED
APPENDIX I
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN The California Star — STATISTICS OF THE PARTY — NOTES OF AGUILLA GLOVER — EXTRACT FROM THORNTON — RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN BAPTISTE TRUBODE
APPENDIX II
THE REED-GREENWOOD PARTY, OR SECOND RELIEF — REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM G. MURPHY — CONCERNING NICHOLAS CLARK AND JOHN BAPTISTE
APPENDIX III
HE REPORT OF THOMAS FALLON — DEDUCTIONS — STATEMENT OF EDWIN BRYANT — PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents and Index
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I
THE PACIFIC COAST IN 1845 — SPEECHES OF SENATOR BENTON AND REPORT OF CAPT. FRÉMONT — MY FATHER AND HIS FAMILY — INTEREST AWAKENED IN THE NEW TERRITORY — FORMATION OF THE FIRST EMIGRANT PARTY FROM ILLINOIS TO CALIFORNIA — PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY — THE START — ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF CIVILIZATION
CHAPTER II
IN THE TERRITORY OF KANSAS — PRAIRIE SCHOONERS FROM SANTA FÉ TO INDEPENDENCE, MO. — LIFE en route — THE BIG BLUE — CAMP GOVERNMENT — THE Blue Rover
CHAPTER III
IN THE HAUNTS OF THE PAWNEES — LETTERS OF MRS. GEORGE DONNER — HALT AT FORT BERNARD — SIOUX INDIANS AT FORT LARAMIE
CHAPTER IV
FOURTH OF JULY IN AN EMIGRANT PARTY — OPEN LETTER OF LANSFORD HASTINGS — GEORGE DONNER ELECTED CAPTAIN OF PARTY BOUND FOR CALIFORNIA — ENTERING THE GREAT DESERT — INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF FOOD — VOLUNTEERS COMMISSIONED BY MY FATHER TO HASTEN TO SUTTER'S FORT FOR RELIEF
CHAPTER V
BEWILDERING GUIDE BOARD — SOUL-TRYING STRUGGLES — FIRST SNOW — REED-SNYDER TRAGEDY — HARDCOOP'S FATE
...
CHAPTER XXXV
THE CHAMBERLAIN FAMILY, COUSINS OF DANIEL WEBSTER — JEFFERSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL — FURTHER CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF THE DONNER PARTY — PATERNAL ANCESTRY — S.O. HOUGHTON — DEATH TAKES ONE OF THE SEVEN SURVIVING DONNERS
CHAPTER XXXVI
NEWS OF THE BRUNNERS — LETTERS FROM GRANDPA
CHAPTER XXXVII
ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST PONY EXPRESS
CHAPTER XXXVIII
WAR AND RUMORS OF WAR — MARRIAGE — SONOMA REVISITED
APPENDIX I
ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN The California Star — STATISTICS OF THE PARTY — NOTES OF AGUILLA GLOVER — EXTRACT FROM THORNTON — RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN BAPTISTE TRUBODE
APPENDIX II
THE REED-GREENWOOD PARTY, OR SECOND RELIEF — REMINISCENCES OF WILLIAM G. MURPHY — CONCERNING NICHOLAS CLARK AND JOHN BAPTISTE
APPENDIX III
HE REPORT OF THOMAS FALLON — DEDUCTIONS — STATEMENT OF EDWIN BRYANT — PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
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Publication date: | 10/29/2013 |
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