Page 65 of the Wagon Train annual continues the story:
But the Indian menace was not the worst of all; it was the terrible storms that rage over the West that were the greatest danger. They’d come roaring up from the west, sweep down upon the wagon train and, like as not, drown several oxen-drivers and pony riders before it was past. Terrible blizzards, too, took their toll of lives, as did the crossings of the many raging torrents that were encountered.
And the route itself? The main one was the Oregon and California trail that had been first carved out by the early traders and trappers. It led across the great Humbolt Desert that had to be travelled as quickly as possible before its terrors struck down and wiped out a whole wagon train. Then it wandered across the vast South Pass and clear to the Sierra, and beyond to Oregon and California and gold.
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