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In 1773, Daniel Boone left North Carolina to discover what there was in Kentucky. A woman gives birth along the Oregon Trail.
In September of 1773, Daniel Boone, with his wife and children and a group of other adventuresome folks, left North Carolina to go see Kentucky. The Boones lost one of their sons on the trip due to a Shawnee attack. The boy was so horribly tortured before he died that the entire Boone party turned around and went back to North Carolina. But still the pull of Kentucky wasn't over for Daniel Boone, and in 1775 he made a successful forage into the wilds of Kentucky. It wasn't just the men-folk who did some exploring and discovering. Every woman who crossed the Great American Plains westward had more than an ounce of the explorer in her. And she certainly discovered some new and interesting things. Amongst those adventurous discoveries were things like what it meant to give birth along the trail. That was one major experience that Naomi Sager had when she and her family traveled west in 1844. Two other grand gals that bravely went west were Narcissa Whitman and Elisa Spalding. In addition to being missionaries, their journey west was unique in that they were the first known white women to make the journey. Recommended Reading: Manuel Lisa: A Scoundrel Among Scoundrels. This Spanish gentleman made it big in the fur trade and was not far behind the Lewis and Clark Expedition in setting off up the Missouri River. Sources: Fifer, Barbara. Vicky Soderberg. Along the Trail with Lewis and Clark. Montana Magazine, 1998. Frazier, Neta Lohnes. Stout-Hearted Seven. Northwest Interpretive Association, Seattle, Washington, 1984. Platt, Rutherford. Adventures in the Wilderness. American Heritage Publishing Company, Inc. New York, 1963. Andrist, Ralph K. To the Pacific With Lewis and Clark. American Heritage Publishing Co., Inc. New York, 1967. DeVoto, Bernard. Across the Wide Missouri. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, 1947. Utley, Robert M. A Life Wild and Perilous: Mountain Men and The Paths to the Pacific. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1997. Whitman, Narcissa. My Journal. Ye Galleon Press, Fairfield, Washington, 1984.
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