What did 15-year-old A. H. Garrison recall about life the first winter his family lived in Oregon?

Answer;

The deep snow prevented getting medical care during the winter, and his father sickened and died. It was cold and there was no feed for cattle and oxen.

Explanation; A. H. Garrison was 15 years old when the family went west in 1846; His family traveled along Oregon Trail with 74 other wagons, on the way father became so ill he couldn't walk. He later recalled the hardships of their first winter in Oregon. Lost cows and went sick in the storm too.