Oregon+Trail+Notes+for+Nanci+in+Social+Studies

Character Name:Sarah Age:21 Position in family: friend Why are you leaving home?-To get a chance to live a btter life. Do any other family members of friends come with you? Who?- Yes, I'm going with my friend and her family. What personal items do you bring with you?- I bring my dog bruno. Was it your choice to leave home?- Yes because I needed to start my life over and also to get away from my parents and brothers. Where is your destination?- California

Supplies bacon-75lbs. flour-200lbs. rice-10lbs. wagon wheels-4wheels cornmeal-1/2 bushel oxen-3 sugar-25lbs. bread-30lbs. coffee-5lbs. tea-2lbs. dried beans-1/2 bushel dried fruits-1 busheel baking soda-2lbs. salt-10lbs.

Diseases/ Dangers/ Death

1-What are the dangers or difficulties you faced on your journey(physical disease) and what environmental..... heat, rain, rivers, mountains, dirt? - We faced difficulities like the weather, which included rain, heat waves, and cold temperatures at night. Also diseases and alot of people I traveled with either died or got badly sick. We also had to stop alot and rest for those who were ill. We walked up and down mountains. The heat also slowed us down and some people passed out. 3-Does anyone pass away on your journey? From what (disease, infection, from an injury, what injury, accident)? -No one passes away but, my friends younger sister ends up passing out because of a heat wave that had lasted for 2 weeks. It took her a week to recover but, she is now healthy. 7-You come in contact with a Native American tribe. How do they treat you? Do they provide you with food or clothing? Are they a danger to you? How? -They treat me like a part of their family and welcome me in with a big hug. They give me supplies that I ran out of, food to eat, and a place to sleep for the night. The Native Americans provide clean clothes because we walked through a rain storm. They might be a danger to us because they could steal our supplies and wagon with our oxen during the night. 8-You cme to a river, how do you cross it? -To cross the river we cut down trees and made a slamb of wood big enough to fit our wagon and oxen, supplies, and people.

Before your journey begins Why are you leaving?- To start a btter life over. When are you leaving?-I'm leaving in the begining of March and should arrive to my desitation in August. Who do you go with?-I'm going with my friend and her family, which includes her mom, dad, older brother, younger brother and sister, and her grandparents. What is your destination?-Our destination is California.

Journey What happens when your food supply runs low(hunt, trade, sell)? -When our food supply runs starts to run low we will hunt for deer, moose, duck, and fish. We will also buy flour and other dry goods we need. 2-How far do you travel on a daily basis(on average)? -I walk 11 miles a day with my friend and her family. Along the way we stopped to take 3 minute breaks along the way. 6-Do you go on a wagon train? What other individualsare a part of it( doctor, teacher, farmer, blacksmith, merchant). Are they of any help while you are traveling? -We traveled on a wagon train along with almost 1 million other people, including doctors, farmers, merchants, and alot of others. The doctor was of help to us because he helped us when my friend's sister passed out. Also when I cut open my arm and needed to get it stiched up.

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