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Jesse
A. Applegate
Mother,
myself, and the other children were in the little red wagon;
it…was attached to the last end of the train. As we were
just getting up the bank from the ford, our team broke loose
and wagon and team backed into the river. Being swept below
the ford, the team swam and the wagon sank down, and was drifting
on the sand; and I remember the water came rushing into the
wagon box to my waist, compelling me to scramble up on the top
of a trunk…. But several men came swimming, held up the
wagon, and soon assisted us to shore.
Source:
Emmy E. Werner, Pioneer Children on the Journey West,
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