Thomas Life On The Wagon Train Analysis

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Thomas’s life on the prairie

It all started when Tom was thirteen years old traveling west on a wagon train somewhere in Wyoming in 1854. From his ma’s diary- As I was riding along in the wagon train I was approached by my cousin - Frank - from a portion of the train that had split off to travel on its own. My cousin had news-”The rest of the wagon train is dead” Frank said. We had split up a few days ago to look for food. We hadn't heard from them for a while and were wondering about them. Now are worst fears were confirmed, they had died. So frank joined us till we got somewhere where he could find a job on a ranch or driving stage coach. We got to Bozeman Montana and he took a job as a cowboy riding for a guy named Boone Williams.

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