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The Expedition of the Donner Party

by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — The Pacific Coast in 1845…
  3. 3Chapter II — In the Territory of Kansas — Prairie Schooners From Sa…
  4. 4Chapter III — In the Haunts of the Pawnees — Letters of Mrs. George…
  5. 5Chapter IV — Fourth of July in an Emigrant Party…
  6. 6Chapter V — Bewildering Guide Board — Soul-Trying Struggles — First…
  7. 7Chapter VI — Indian Depredations…
  8. 8Chapter VII — Snowbound — Scarcity of Food at Both Camps — Watching…
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Another Storm…
  10. 10Chapter IX — Sufferings of the “Forlorn Hope”…
  11. 11Chapter X — Relief Measures Inaugurated in California…
  12. 12Chapter XI — Watching for the Second Relief Party — “Old Navajo” —…
  13. 13Chapter XII — Arrival of Second Relief, or Reed-Greenwood Party…
  14. 14Chapter XIII — A Fateful Cabin — Mrs. Murphy Gives Motherly Comfort…
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Quest of Two Fathers…
  16. 16Chapter XV
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Elitha and Leanna…
  18. 18Chapter XVII — Orphans — Keseberg and His Accusers…
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — “Grandma” — Happy Visits — A New Home — Am Persuade…
  20. 20Chapter XIX — On a Cattle Ranch Near the Cosumne River — “Name Bill…
  21. 21Chapter XX — I Return to Grandma…
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Moral Discipline — The Historical Pueblo of Sonoma —…
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Gold discovered — “California Is Ours” — Nursing the…
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Reaping and Threshing…
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Mexican Methods of Cultivation…
  26. 26Chapter XXV — Fever Patients From the Mines — Unmarked Graves — The…
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Thank Offerings — Miss Doty’s school — The Bond of K…
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Capt. Frisbie…
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Elitha, Frances, and Mr. Miller Visit Us — Mrs. Br…
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Great Smallpox Epidemic — St. Mary’s Hall — Thanksgi…
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Ideals and Longings — The Future — Christmas
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Widow Stein and Little Johnnie…
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Grandma’s Return — Good-Bye to the Dumb Creatures —…
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — The Public Schools of Sacramento — A Glimpse of Gr…
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Tragedy in Sonoma…
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — The Chamberlain Family, Cousins of Daniel Webster…
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — News of the Brunners — Letters From Grandpa
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Arrival of the First Pony Express
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — War and Rumors of War — Marriage — Sonoma Revisited
  40. 40Appendix — Appendix I
  41. 41Appendix II
  42. 42Appendix III
  43. 43Appendix IV

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