Savages

The Death of Jane McCrea (1804) by John Vanderlyn

IAman picked up a book at the swim center free-library.

[It] is the short journal of a young woman traversing the Oregon trail with her family 1870s.  May to November, 7 months.  Striking how matter of fact she is.  And how there is an expectation of proper behaviour, even scallywags are tame compared to what we see on TV these days.  People acting  outside these norms (Indians) are termed savages, and not to be trusted.