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First-person pioneer memoir describing the 1852 overland journey of the Scott family by wagon from Illinois to Oregon, recounting travel conditions, deaths, river crossings, shortages of food, and the landscape encountered along the emigrant trail.
Author: Harriet Scott Palmer
Year of recollection: Not specified
Historical period described: 1852
Place of origin: Illinois, United States
Destination: Oregon Territory, United States
Route mentioned: Oregon Trail across the Great Plains and Cascade Mountains
Type of source: Personal memoir
Form: Narrative recollection
Main participants: Scott family and emigrant wagon company
Family members mentioned: John Tucker Scott; unnamed mother; siblings including Harvey and Willie
Key locations mentioned: Illinois River; St. Joseph, Missouri; Nebraska; Platte River; Black Hills near Fort Laramie; Snake River; American Falls; Burnt River; Cascade Mountains; Barlow Road; Oregon City; Fort Walla Walla
Major events described: Overland migration by ox-wagon; river crossings; encounters with Native Americans; cholera death of the author’s mother; drowning of a traveler; loss of livestock; starvation conditions; death and burial of the author’s brother Willie; descent of Laurel Hill
Transportation: Covered wagons drawn by oxen
Duration of journey: Approximately six months
Migration context: Westward migration during the period following the California gold discoveries and the Oregon Donation Land Act
Price: 8 / 10 USD
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