Drawings of the Nebraska plains on the Oregon Trail
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Drawings of the Nebraska plains on the Oregon Trail
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Drawings by Pherne Brown Pringle, the daughter of Tabitha Moffatt Brown, the 'Mother of Oregon.' These sketches feature the scenery in Nebraska on June 5th during her family's journey on the Oregon Trail. Copies of later drawings were accompanied in an album by journal entries of Pherne's husband, Virgil K. Pringle.
Virgil's journal indicates that they enjoyed pleasant traveling conditions on June 5th:
'The morning cool, but the day pleasant for traveling and the roads of the best order being level bottom and firm; Met 2 Pawnee Indians, returning to the north from a hunt; their horses heavy packed with skins; understand from them that about 30 lodges are a short distance ahead, coming down the river; and that we will find buffalo ahead, coming down the river; and that we will find buffalo plenty in two days. Made 16 miles, and camped, with plenty of timber; antelope plenty.'
Virgil's journal indicates that they enjoyed pleasant traveling conditions on June 5th:
'The morning cool, but the day pleasant for traveling and the roads of the best order being level bottom and firm; Met 2 Pawnee Indians, returning to the north from a hunt; their horses heavy packed with skins; understand from them that about 30 lodges are a short distance ahead, coming down the river; and that we will find buffalo ahead, coming down the river; and that we will find buffalo plenty in two days. Made 16 miles, and camped, with plenty of timber; antelope plenty.'
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