Slow going : Judge Kinney and family in an ambulance on the plains in 1854, following an ox train for protection from hostile Indians / as remembered by his daughter, Ellen Kinney Ware. [19--]

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Slow going : Judge Kinney and family in an ambulance on the plains in 1854, following an ox train for protection from hostile Indians / as remembered by his daughter, Ellen Kinney Ware. [19--]

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Narrative describes life in West Point, Iowa--education, trips, people, family life. Includes detailed account of trip across Plains by wagon train--places, Indians, fellow travelers, hardships. Describes life and people in Salt Lake City. On return, describes journey back to Iowa and a final trip to Washington, D.C. where author was to be entered in boarding school.

1 v. (95 leaves) ; 30 cm.

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California state library

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Ware, Ellen Kinney.

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