Based on a true story originally written by one of the survivors, this account of seven children travelling westward still has the power to astonish. In the 1840s, the Sager family set off on the Oregon Trail, a dangerous and adventure-filled journey. Tragedy struck when both parents succumbed to fe[...]
The author of The Stout-Hearted Seven: Orphaned on the Oregon Trail tells the life story of this intrepid and courageous Native American, from when she was kidnapped as a young girl from her Shoshone tribal home, through her amazing journey with Lewis and Clark, and finally to the mystery surroundin[...]