Early account of the westward migration to Oregon. "Farnham was the leader of a group of Oregon-bound settlers, known as the `Peoria Party.' Leaving Independence on May 20, 1839, the party followed the Santa Fe Trail to Bent's Fort on the Arkanses River, where they divided. Farnham...traveled up the Arkansas, over the divide to the North Platte River, and on to Brown's Hole on the Green River.... Farnham continued to Oregon, arriving at Marcus Whitman's mission on September 23...." - Wagner-Camp, which also quotes Streeter quoting Herschel V. Jones saying "This is the first and most interesting of his [Farnham's] several books on the West.... It is the best account of the first overland-to-Oregon migration of settlers." First published in Poughkeepsie in 1841, with a two-volume edition published in London in 1843. The present edition was issued as an "Extra" of the New York Tribune. The orginal wrappers were not retained when bound. Field 525; (Graff 1295); Howes F50; (Rader 1340); Sabin 23872; Smith 3001; Wagner-Camp 85:3. With the bookplate of Frederick W. Skiff, and an earlier bookplate of the Library of the 14th Reginemt Mass. Volunteers. Provenance: From the Library of William Augustus Brewer.