CCD Words
Children were often tasked with picking these up along to trail to use as fire starters.
What are buffalo chips?
A _________ is a person that is sent to teach and promote their religion in a different cultural area.
What is a missionary?
This early pioneer couple created a mission among the Cayuse people.
Who are Marcus and Narcissa Whitman?
When we finally reach this long trail’s end
Each pioneer will call me “friend”.
What is "From Missouri to the great Northwest
We pulled our weight, now we get to rest."
This landmark let people know they were on the right trail to Oregon.
What is Chimney Rock?
This was the chosen vehicle of most of the Oregon Trail pioneers.
What is a prairie schooner?
What is a Conestoga Wagon?
This peaceful leader of the Nez Perce was born around the late 1700s.
Who is Chief Looking Glass?
Oh don’t you remember sweet Betsy from Pike,
Who crossed the big mountains with her husband Ike,
What is "With two yoke of cattle, a large yellow dog,
A tall Shanghai rooster, and one spotted hog."
It was a long way from Fort Laramie to this landmark, whici was known for its fizzy fresh water.
What is Soda Springs?
This bacterial infection of the intestines caused vomiting and diarrhea and often led to death.
What is cholera?
Are you heading to California to get dig up gold? You might be a ________!
What is a prospector?
When their parents died from "fever and inflammation", these children had to rely on others to get them across the trail.
Who are the Sager Orphans?
Take care of the land, harvest only the plants you need to survive,
For they are your blessed sisters.
What is "People, hear our cry!"
You did it! You made it to the end of the trail! You have arrived in this city, which was once Oregon's capital.
What is Oregon City?
What is building and repairing wheels?
This common food on the trail was actually not cake, but a pan-fried flatbread.
What is johnny cake?
This person was already in her 70s when she began the journey in 1846.
Who is Tabitha Moffatt Brown?
I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,
I'm going to Louisiana, my true love for to see.
What is "It rained all night the day I left, the weather it was dry
The sun so hot I froze to death, Susanna, don't you cry."
Independence, Missouri is best known for this.
What is being the beginning of the Oregon Trail?
This effectively put an end to the Oregon Trail.
What is the transcontinental railroad?
This was the belief that enticed many pioneers to pack their belongs and head West to fulfill their destiny.
What is the Manifest Destiny?
The area around Puget Sound, Washington was named for this man, who was one of the first African American settlers in the Pacific Northwest.
Who is George Washington Brown?
Through Chimney Rock and mountains tall
We heard the eagle’s distant call
What is "The rocky paths were rough to climb
But onward still we went each time."
Pioneers often met here to refresh their goods and begin the final stretch of their journey.
What is Fort Boise?