. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. NORTH AMERICA -J—?<. Frontier This map shows the main divisions of North America as they werewhen Ezra Meeker was born. The shading in the Arctic regionshows how much there was still for the explorers to discover. The Oregon Country is shown as part of the United States, althoughthe whole region was in dispute between the United States andGreat Britain. In the United States itself the settled part of thecountry was east of the dotted Une that runs from Lake Ontarioto the Gulf of Mexico. West of this
. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. NORTH AMERICA -J—?<. Frontier This map shows the main divisions of North America as they werewhen Ezra Meeker was born. The shading in the Arctic regionshows how much there was still for the explorers to discover. The Oregon Country is shown as part of the United States, althoughthe whole region was in dispute between the United States andGreat Britain. In the United States itself the settled part of thecountry was east of the dotted Une that runs from Lake Ontarioto the Gulf of Mexico. West of this line was the Indian country,with only a few forts as outposts of settlement. Several territorieshad been organized, but Oregon, Missouri, and Nebraska were littlemore than names for vast undetermined The old Meeker homestead near Elizabeth, New Jersey. CHAPTER ONE BACK TO BEGINNINGS I WAS born in Huntsville, Butler County, Ohio, on De-cember 29, 1830. That was, at this writing, more thanninety years ago. My fathers ancestors came from England in 1665 they settled near Elizabeth City, New Jersey,building there a very substantial house which stood tillalmost 1910. More than a score of hardy soldiers fromthis family fought for the Colonies in the War of Inde-pendence. They were noted for their stalwart strength,steady habits, and patriotic ardor. Both my parents were sincere, though not austere,Christian people. Father inherited to the full the sturdytraits of his ancestors. I well remember that for threeyears, during our life in Indiana, he worked eighteenhours a day as a miller. For this hard service he receivedonly twenty dollars a month and bran for the cow. Yetout of the ordeal he came seemingly as strong and healthyas when he entered it. 1 2 Ox-Team Days on the Oregon T
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