Creative Writing: Walt Whitman's Upward Mission

We finally reached Whitman Mission and we needed a place to rest. We looked everywhere, but the whole place was deserted. There was a wagon not far from us, so we went to check it out. A family of 4 was staying in the wagon next to many burnt down buildings. A month before we arrived, the Cayuse Indians attacked the mission and killed many people. Our wagon train was scared that the Indians would come back and attack us again, so we decided not to travel to Fort Vancouver and just keep on going to Oregon City. We didn’t want to get into trouble on the road. I saw that we were running out of supplies, but there was no way to get more. Before we go to Oregon City, we reached The Dalles. We have to take the Barlow Road around Mount Hood. We were almost at the end of the trail. Our animals were exhausted and we were running low on food. We didn't have a way to get more supplies because we skipped Fort Vancouver and there wasn't a river near us to get water. Some of the people on our wagon train are very sick. Marvin and I didn't know how to help because their sickness was unusual and we were confused. …show more content…
The toll to go through the road was very expensive and we didn’t have enough money. The amount for a wagon and a team was $2.50 but we only had about $1.75 left in our emergency budget. We offer the toll keeper a dollar and an ox and we hope that he will accept our offer. The toll keeper accepts our things and we carry on the Barlow Road down to Oregon. Barlow Road is very rough and narrow causing the oxen to have trouble going up the steep hill. The wagon was squeezing through the road trying not to hit the sides of the mountain and damage the wheels because we didn’t have anymore spare