Chapter 7: Ninety Miles in an Ox Wagon
The 90-mile journey by ox and cart from Portage la Prairie to Minnedosa is a difficult one and took as long as their trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Rain, mud, sloughs and stubborn oxen slow them down considerably. Still, Emma finds pleasure in the spring-time beauty of the Manitoba prairie.
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