Ox-Team Days On the Oregon Trail
Ox-Team Days On the Oregon Trail
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Go down it with logstrailed to the wagons, as they had done at other places, they dared not, for the hill was so steep the logs would go end over end and would be adanger instead of a help. The rope they had was run down the hill andturned out to be too short to reach the bottom.
James Biles, one of the leaders, commanded, "Kill a steer. " They killeda steer, cut his hide into strips, and spliced the strips to the rope. It was found to be still too short to reach to the bottom.
The order went o...ut: "Kill two more steers!" And two more steers werekilled, their hides cut into strips and the strips spliced to the rope, which then reached to the bottom of the hill.
By the aid of that rope and the strips of the hides of those threesteers, twenty-nine wagons were lowered down the mountain side to thebottom of the steep hill. Only one broke away; it crashed down themountain and was smashed into splinters.
The feat of bringing that train of wagons in, with the loss of only oneout of twenty-nine, is the greatest I ever knew or heard of in the wayof pioneer travel.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Go down it with logstrailed to the wagons, as they had done at other places, they dared not, for the hill was so steep the logs would go end over end and would be adanger instead of a help. The rope they had was run down the hill andturned out to be too short to reach the bottom.
James Biles, one of the leaders, commanded, "Kill a steer. " They killeda steer, cut his hide into strips, and spliced the strips to the rope. It was found to be still too short to reach to the bottom.
The order went o...ut: "Kill two more steers!" And two more steers werekilled, their hides cut into strips and the strips spliced to the rope, which then reached to the bottom of the hill.
By the aid of that rope and the strips of the hides of those threesteers, twenty-nine wagons were lowered down the mountain side to thebottom of the steep hill. Only one broke away; it crashed down themountain and was smashed into splinters.
The feat of bringing that train of wagons in, with the loss of only oneout of twenty-nine, is the greatest I ever knew or heard of in the wayof pioneer travel.
What to read after Ox-Team Days On the Oregon Trail?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Driggs Howard Roscoe to read onlineMoreLess
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