Title What I Saw in California : By Wagon from Missouri to California in 1846-47

Published Crabtree : Narrative Press, the, Sept. 2004

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Description 1 online resource Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SPRING -- WAGONS AND TEAMS -- ENCAMPED -- THUNDER-STORM -- SICKNESS -- UP THE PLATTE -- FORT LARAMIE -- SWEETWATER RIVER -- GREEN RIVER -- UTAH INDIANS -- SALT LAKE -- SALT DESERT -- SALT PLAIN -- DIGGER INDIANS -- SOUTHWEST -- SIERRA NEVADA PASS -- RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHNSON -- VALLEY OF THE SACRAMENTO -- TABLE -- INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI, -- SUTTER�S FORT, -- SACRAMENTO -- UPPER CALIFORNIA. -- ACCOUNT OF TRAVELLERS -- SUTTER�S FORT -- GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH -- CONQUEST OF THE COUNTRY NEW HELVETIA TO SAN FRANCISCOPUEBLO DE SAN JOS� -- SAN FRANCISCO -- SONOMA -- NUEVA HELVETIA -- CAPTAIN SUTTER -- COLONEL FREMONT�S MARCHES -- CALIFORNIA BATTALION -- SAN LUIS OBISPO -- SANTA BARBARA -- DEFEAT OF THE CALIFORNIANS -- LOS ANGELES -- CALIFORNIAN CULINARY APPARATUS -- GEN. S.W. KEARNY -- ALTA-CALIFORNIA Summary Edwin Bryant made the journey from Independence, Missouri to California in the years 1846-47, traversing the plains, the desert, and the southern pass of the Rocky Mountains. As a medical student, he became an unofficial doctor along the way, and describes some pretty gruesome scenes, like the amputation of a little boy's leg. Much of the narrative is concerned with the life of the wagon train, whose daily trials are illuminated in Bryant's careful prose Audience Trade The Narrative Press Subject Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869 -- Travel -- West (U.S.) SUBJECT Bryant, Edwin, 1805-1869. fast (OCoLC)fst00140531 Subject Overland journeys to the Pacific. Bear Flag Revolt, 1846. Overland journeys to the Pacific. Travel. SUBJECT California -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018870 California -- History -- To 1846. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85018880 West (U.S.) -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146142 West (U.S.) -- History -- To 1848. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85146152 Subject California. West United States. Genre/Form History. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781589761186 1589761189

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