title: Children Found & Saved Along The Oregon Trail
author: Carvo, Vanessa
description: Mercy Found Along The Oregon Trail: A Child Leads The Way, is about a young, single Amish woman traveling with her parents along the Oregon Trail.  She is both adamant about remaining unmarried, becoming a schoolteacher, and having many children.  The only problem with her plan is that Amish schoolteachers must remain single and have no children of their own.  She is very conflicted but strong willed and with the help of an older woman friend on the train, a young man who loves her, and a very large surprise found along the trail, she may just be able to overcome the odds.
  
  Moses Diamond: Baby Left Along The Oregon Trail & Rescued By Christian Pioneers, is a heartwarming story about a poor wagon train making it’s way along the Oregon Trail.  The train may be poor but the Christians on it are strong.  A Native American baby is found along the trail by one young man and he takes it immediately to the wagon train.  There are no nursing mothers on the small train and no source of food for the infant.  The young man and one experienced woman and one very young woman come to a unique solution to help the baby thrive and this has a Grapes Of Wrath feel about it.  Still, there are many obstacles both internal and external before they reach their destination.