byEdmundHarrisillustratedbyMaryTeichmanOntheShoreOntheShoreoftheRiveroftheRiverOntheShoreOntheShoreoftheRiveroftheRiverOntheShoreOntheShoreoftheRiveroftheRiverbyEdmundHarrisillustratedbyMaryTeichmanCopyright©byHarcourt,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recording,oranyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.RequestsforpermissiontomakecopiesofanypartoftheworkshouldbeaddressedtoSchoolPermissionsandCopyrights,Harcourt,Inc.,6277SeaHarborDrive,Orlando,Florida32887–6777.Fax:407-345-2418.HARCOURTandtheHarcourtLogoaretrademarksofHarcourt,Inc.,registeredintheUnitedStatesofAmericaand/orotherjurisdictions.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaISBN10:0-15-350513-3ISBN13:978-0-15-350513-3OrderingOptionsISBN10:0-15-350334-3(Grade4Below-LevelCollection)ISBN13:978-0-15-350334-4(Grade4Below-LevelCollection)ISBN10:0-15-357502-6(packageof5)ISBN13:978-0-15-357502-0(packageof5)Ifyouhavereceivedthesematerialsasexaminationcopiesfreeofcharge,HarcourtSchoolPublishersretainstitletothematerialsandtheymaynotberesold.Resaleofexaminationcopiesisstrictlyprohibitedandisillegal.Possessionofthispublicationinprintformatdoesnotentitleuserstoconvertthispublication,oranyportionofit,intoelectronicformat.1234567891017912111009080706OntheShoreOntheShoreoftheRiveroftheRiverOntheShoreOntheShoreoftheRiveroftheRiverOntheShoreOntheShoreoftheRiveroftheRiverWehadbeeninthecoveredwagonforoverfiveweeks,andmybodywassorefrombeingjostledsomuch.TheOregonTrailwasbumpy,butitwasthebestwaytogettotheOregonTerritory.That’swheremyfamilyandIwereheaded.Inthespringof1841,mymotherandfatherandIhadloadedupourwagonandsetoutonthetrail.WehopedtoreachtheOregonTerritorybylatesummer.3WhenweleftIndependence,Missouri,atthestartofourjourney,weweretravelingwiththeDavisfamily.Afterjustoneweekonthetrail,theDavisfamilydecidedtoturnback,butmyfatherdecidedwewouldkeepgoing.Forawhilewetraveledalone,althoughth...
