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Alga Percival and the Water Quest on the Oregon Trail
A diary style narrative recounts Alga Percival and her family’s westward journey from St. Louis to Sacramento in 1849. Facing cholera, Indian raids, and a perilous river crossing, the young heroine leads a perilous trek for water with her brother Jack while her mother and father weaken. They survive with aid from a Georgetown relief party. only a horse named Spot is lost.
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