Reminiscences of a Pioneer
, by Thompson, Colonel William- ISBN: 9781426447341 | 1426447345
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/31/2007
The trip then required careful preparation-oxen, wagons, provisions, arms and ammunition must be first of all provided. These were essentials, and woe to the hapless immigrant who neglected these provisions. To be stranded a thousand miles from the "settlements" was a fate none but the most improvident and reckless cared to hazard.