Oregon Trail Summary

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The author's message about the Oregon Trail is that the trail could have been more successful if they handled the situation in a better manner. The narrator described their trip to the reader as normal since they were able to handle the weather. "Nothing of note happened to us, unless I should set down that this day was stormy, and on that day the sun shone, until we came into the valley of the North Fork of the Platte, through a pass which is known as Ash Hollow." The group that went on the trail were successful because they picked the appropriate time to take a break and the length of the breaks. The members that joined the narrator on the trail were cooperative and willing to help. The narrator states to the reader that everyone in the group