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Chapter 18 – From the Ice-Water Lake
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“The others followed ours, as they were ready. It was a rough ride, you have no idea, but we were so glad to be moving again, and to have Pa with us at last. I think sometimes it [...]
Chapter 17 - Rescue
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“The Murphys, they had some little bits of meat and flour. James Miller, he managed to shoot a fox, once. It started to get warmer, seemed like, and there weren’t any storms. Ma and Johnnie fetched down a hide off the [...]
Chapter 16 – Starvation Camp
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“What do I recollect most clearly of the winter camp? A good many things, but what has stuck with me the most was how dark it was, inside. Before the men went down from the mountains, following the river, they [...]
Chapter 15 – The Devil’s Own Bargain
There was a wax flower arrangement under a glass dome on a table between a pair of tall windows in Captain Sutter’s office, the only touch of bright color in an austere room with pale, rough-plastered walls. The windows were narrow and un-curtained, but there was glass in them, [...]
Chapter 14 – Winter March
From E.S. Patterson interview, University of California Local History Archive Project 1932:
“My next oldest brother, Samuel, came to my mother with Paw-Paw and my oldest brother Oliver, who was to go with the men…”
“No!” said Isabella, passionately, “I won’t have it! Samuel is a boy, he is not old enough….”
“Izzy, Izzy, [...]
Chapter 13 – Snowfall
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“We looked back down from the top of the pass, and we couldn’t hardly believe we had brung wagons all the way up it… but we had! The snow was all trampled to slush, there was marks of chains all over, [...]
Chapter 12 – The Very Roof of the Mountains
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
“…There was snow falling every day that we moved the wagons along the river. I don’t think we knew how bad things was, until Ma told Mister Stephens to kill the milk-cow. We were only children, [...]
Chapter 11 – The Choosing
From Dr. Townsend’s Journal:
“14th November, 1844 In the wilderness at the fork of Truckee’s River. This day, I can scarce put pen to paper, being distract’d with grief and worry. Our party is split yet again, this again being of our own decision. My own Dearest is gone ahead with five [...]
Chapter 10 – Truckee’s River
From Dr. Townsend’s diary:
“Eleventh of October, 1844… encamped for several days upon Truckee’s River, to recover ourselves and our teams from passage across the desert….”
Birds: He could hear birdsong, and water gurgling softly close by where he lay. A cool breeze fanned his face and arms…very peculiar, for the very last [...]
Chapter 9 – Forty-Mile Desert
From E.S. Patterson Interview, University of California Local History Archival Project 1932:
Three days Captain Stephens and Doctor Townsend and Mister Foster was gone in the desert with the old Indian. funny thing, they thought his name was Truck-hee, because that’s what he kept saying, over and over. We were so grateful [...]
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