Fort Kearny: A Short Story
We left Fort Kearny, and currently following the south side of the Platte River, we reached the California Crossing, but we had to cross sandbars, and almost landed on one that wasn't stable. We reached a steep hill once we had got done crossing the river. I was explaining to everyone that we need to stop, so we could remove something to make it easier on us. I had dumped some of my books, I was saddened by this because it reminded of my wife, and she loved to read. Anyway, how we moved the wagon down was by tying rope to a nearby tree and slowly descending the wagon downward, I also locked the wagon wheels by putting in blocks of wood and sliding it into the wheels. When we got done going down the hill, we had to help all the other wagons,