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Narcissa Whitman and Eliza Spalding were the first white women to cross the Rocky Mountains. Live life on the Oregon Trail with Narcissa as she travels with her husband Dr. Marcus Whitman, the Spaldings, and members of the American Fur Company.
| Chapter 4: Journey Across the Prairies Narcissa Whitman, a Protestant missionary, writes of the everyday joys and struggles that emigrants face while traveling the Oregon Trail. Life is not the same on the prairies as it was at home in Prattsburg, New York. |
| Chapter 5: Crossing the Rockies As the Whitmans, Spaldings, and others cross the Rocky Mountains, they fear hostile natives and disease from swarms of nearly intolerable mosquitoes. Narcissa faces a dilemma common to many other travelers on the Oregon Trail--having to discard precious items brought from home. |
| Chapter 6: Treacherous Blue Mountains Realizing that their animals are nearing exhaustion, the Whitmans must quickly cross the Blue Mountains to buy supplies in Vancouver. They find this a treacherous journey, unsuitable for their wagons and barely endured by Narcissa. |
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