People did this on Sunday's on the journey across the plains
What is hold Sacrament Meeting or pray or study scriptures or write in journals or write home? Rest!
100
The pioneers travelled an average of this many miles every day (22, 15, 7, 30)
What is 15 miles? (they travelled a total of 1,300 miles)
100
This part of the wagon was the easiest to break
What are the wheels?
100
There were 2 in the first wagon company(dogs or children)
What is children?
100
The season of the year when most of the pioneers travelled
What is spring and summer?
200
The Saints treated the Indians as friends or enemies?
What are friends?
200
who demanded gifts to cross their lands
What are Indians (Native Americans) Only some demanded gifts and most were friendly
200
These were drawn to show the people who came later, the best route to travel
What are maps?
200
143 (wagons or men)
What is men?
200
The biggest problem the pioneers faced (Indians, lack of food, weather, crossing rivers)
What is crossing rivers or lack of food
300
The wagons were pulled together in this shape in the camp each evening.
What is a circle?
300
Everyone is to get up, pray, eat breakfast, feed and water the animals, and be ready to go by this time each day
What is 7:00AM?
300
The men did this to provide some meat for the pioneers
What is hunt (deer, antelope, buffalo and smaller animals like rabbit)
300
This instrument was heard twice each day - 5:00 am and 8:30 pm
What is the bugle?
300
This was built to cross the larger rivers - the wagon would float on it and the animals would swim
What is a ferry or raft?
400
Doing these things together at night, helped keep the saints cheerful through the difficult journey
What is sing, play music, play games, tell riddles and funny stories?
400
No fishing, hunting, or labor of any kind was allowed on this day
What is Sunday?
400
Everyone did this at 5:00 AM
What is time to get up?
400
What date (month and day) did Brigham Young arrive in the Salt Lake Valley?
What is July 24, 1847?
400
After leaving Wyoming and the last crossing of the Platte River, this was the obstacle they faced. (The desert, the Rocky Mountains, unkind people, bad indians)
What is The Rocky Mountains?
500
When Brigham Young left Winter Quarters, what did he see on his right hand? (Hint: this is a riddle they told in camp)
What are 4 fingers and a thumb! HA HA HA!!
500
After the Mormons crossed the Platte river, other people needed help to cross, too. They used this to pay the Latter-day Saints to help ferry them across.
What is food (bacon, flour and corn meal)?
500
These animals roamed in gigantic heard and sometimes ate all the prairie grass....leaving little for the pioneer's animals
What are buffalo?
500
How many future prophets were in the group
What is 2?
500
The biggest challenge they faced after they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley (Hint: There were no stores, the summer was half over, and it was a very dry land.)