Spanish Explorers
What were the names of the 2 Spanish explorers?
Dominguez and Escalante
Who was the main Mountain Man that we learned about in class?
Jedediah Smith
Why did the Mormon Pioneers leave their homes in Illinois?
Kicked out
Houses burned down
Threatened
Who saw the Seagulls as hero's and why?
The Mormon Pioneers
They ate the crickets who were destroying their crops
What were the 2 Spanish Explorers looking for?
a route from New Mexico to California
Santa Fe to Monterey
What are the 2 animals they hunted almost to extinction?
Beaver and Buffalo/Bison
Why did the Mormon Pioneers decide to come to the Salt Lake Valley?
Fertile land
Lots of water
Fremont's map
Lots of space
How did the Native Americans view the crickets in 1846?
As a free, yummy food source with lots of calories
Was their mission a success? What was a result/outcome of their mission?
No, they failed.
They made a map and journals
Explain the meaning of the words "cache & rendezvous"
a hiding place underground to store your goods/supplies/fur
a meeting place to trade/resupply/sell/socialize
What impact did the Mormon Pioneers have on the area that would become Salt Lake City?
Built roads, farms, houses & buildings
Used lots of water
Put the rivers and creeks underground
Who were the targets/victims of the Mountain Meadow Massacre?
The immigrants going from Arkansas to California
Which Native American tribe did they interact with the most?
The Utes or the Nuch
What are 2 skills mountain men learned from Native Americans?
Live off the land
Make buckskin/moccasins
Use Native American tools/weapons
Speak Native American languages
Navigate the area/learn trails and routes
How were the Mormon Pioneers different than the Mountain Men when it came to hunting?
Brigham Young told them to only killed when they needed food.
They thought killing for sport was a sin
Why were the Mormon pioneers worried about the immigrants who were crossing through Utah?
What did they think the immigrants threatened to do?
Kill their leader (Brigham Young)
Come back with an army and kill every man, woman and child
Poison wells, burn fences, destroy crops
Who did the 2 Explorers take on their journey and what skill did each person have?
Joaquin: Ute guide
Miera: Map maker and engineer
Muniz: Translator and cook
What are 2 reasons some Native American tribes don't like the Mountain Men?
Killed too many animals
Wasteful-only use the skin, don't eat the animal
Trespassing
Brought others to the area
Many more possible answers
Why did some of the early Mormon pioneers like it here and why did some dislike it here?
lots of water, fertile, lots of space
too hot, too cold, too dry, too many crickets
Who was blamed for the attack at Mountain Meadows and what evidence from the article shows why they were blamed
The Paiutes
The Mormon Pioneers painted their faces and dressed up to disguise themselves as Paiutes