The ox team : or, The old Oregon trail, 1852-1906 . ld weather; ice formed in thecamp half inch thick; damper of stove out oforder, which, with the wind, drove the smoke outof the stove and filled the tent full of smoke,making life miserable. In consequence of theweather, the dedication ceremonies were post-poned. Prior to leaving home I had written to theladies of the landmark committee that upon myarrival at The Dalles I would be pleased to havetheir cooperation to secure funds to erect a mon-ument in their city. What should they do butput their heads together and provide one alreadyinscribe
The ox team : or, The old Oregon trail, 1852-1906 . ld weather; ice formed in thecamp half inch thick; damper of stove out oforder, which, with the wind, drove the smoke outof the stove and filled the tent full of smoke,making life miserable. In consequence of theweather, the dedication ceremonies were post-poned. Prior to leaving home I had written to theladies of the landmark committee that upon myarrival at The Dalles I would be pleased to havetheir cooperation to secure funds to erect a mon-ument in their city. What should they do butput their heads together and provide one alreadyinscribed and in place and notify me that I hadbeen selected to deliver the dedicatory addressand that it was expected the whole city wouldturn out to witness the ceremonies. But alas,the fierce cold winds spoiled all their well-laidplans, for the dedication had to be , upon short notice, the stone was dulydedicated on the 12th of March with a few hun-dred people in attendance with their wraps andovercoats on (see illustration, page 108),. iso o M•J < am X HH<HZU Z O IS o < u 0MQ THK OLD OKEGON TRAIL 109 Before leaving Seattle I had the oxen shod,for ^^•hich I was charged the unmerciful price of|15, but they did such a poor job that by thetime I arrived at The Dalles all the shoes butone were oft the Dave ox, and several lost offTwist, and the remainder loose, and so I wascompelled to have the whole of the work doneover again at The Dalles. This time the work was well done, all the shoesbut one staying on for a distance of GOO miles,when we threw the Dave ox to replace the lostshoe, there being no stocks at hand. The chargeat The Dalles was $10, thus making quitean inroad upon the scant funds for the expedi-tion, 1 felt compelled to have them again shodat Kemmerer, Wyoming, 818 miles out from TheDalles, but soon lost several shoes, and finallyat the Pacific Springs had the missing shoes re-placed by inexperienced hands, who did a goodjob, though, for the s
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