. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. before I arrived in Portland. But we could not delay longer, even to make money. Ithought I could see signs of failing strength in my youngwife and the baby. Not for mountains of gold would wejeopardize their lives. All along the way the baby and the little mother hadbeen tenderly cared for. We used to clear away a spacein the wagon bed for them to take a nap together. Theslow swaying of the wagon over smooth, sandy stretchesmade a rock-a-by movement that would lull them off todreamland and make them f
. Ox-team days on the Oregon Trail /by Ezra Meeker ; revised and edited by Howard R. Driggs. before I arrived in Portland. But we could not delay longer, even to make money. Ithought I could see signs of failing strength in my youngwife and the baby. Not for mountains of gold would wejeopardize their lives. All along the way the baby and the little mother hadbeen tenderly cared for. We used to clear away a spacein the wagon bed for them to take a nap together. Theslow swaying of the wagon over smooth, sandy stretchesmade a rock-a-by movement that would lull them off todreamland and make them forget the weary way. When we left the lower crossing, the mother and babywere placed in a small wagon. A sprightly yoke of oxen was hitched to it that theymight get an eaily start andkeep out of the dust. Whatfew delicacies the pioneers hadwere given to them. By thistender care the mother and childwere enabled to continue to theend of the long journey, thoughthe brave little mother was frailand weak from the wearisomeA nap in the wagon. Struggle before we reached a resting place at Trailing through the Mountain Land 55 What became of that baby? He thrived and grew tomanhood and he is now living, sixty-nine years of age, inCalifornia. Some of his grandchildren are almost grown tomanhood and womanhood. 56 Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail
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