Supplies
Name one provisions pioneers brought along with them on the trail...
bacon, beans, coffee, grease, extra axle, dutch oven, oxen, etc.
Name three challenges pioneers faced along the trail.
disease, drownings, accidents, dust, lack of food/water, bad living conditions, weather, etc.
Traveling on the prairie, what was one type of naturally found material pioneers would send children to collect and then burn for fire?
buffalo chips
What was the most common jumping off point for emigrants looking to head West?
Independence, Missouri
What is a "party" according to the Oregon trail?
a group of people traveling together
sturdy, reliable, strong, adaptable, calm, cheaper, can survive on less food
Two months were often cold and wet. What months?
April and May
What was a common chore children took care of on the trail?
firewood, foraging, dishes, milking, caring for younger children
Pioneers hoped to reach what significant landmark by July 4th?
Independence Rock
outfit
"team" is two draft animals hitched together
coffee
List four diseases/illnesses common along the trail.
Cholera, tuberculosis, pneumonia, whooping cough, measles, smallpox
What month(s) did most travelers expect to arrive in Oregon if they jumped off in April?
September/October
Travelers often had to pay at what road to avoid crossing the Columbia River?
Barlow Road
Describe "laying over"
BONUS: why?
DOUBLE Bonus: what was a common laying over day?
to remain in camp for a day
BONUS: usually due to a birth or death
DOUBLE Bonus: Sundays
About how many pounds of flour and bacon was common to take along the trail?
200lbs flour, 150lbs bacon
About how many deaths occurred along the Oregon trail? The average per mile was about ____.
20,000-50,000 / 10 or more
At top oxen speed of ______ how many miles could be covered in a day?
2 miles per hour / 15 miles
The Blue Mountains
Properly define "emigrant"
a person leaving one area of their country for another
What made it challenging for women to bake bread along the trail?
buffalo chip fires, blowing ashes, dust, insects, rain and wind
List three accidents that could happen along the trail.
Maiming, injuries, stampedes, accidental shootings, accidents from handling animals
After all that travel... pioneers eventually reached _________ where you could file your land claim.
Valley of the Willamette
What are currently five states that made up the Oregon territory of 1840?
Oregon, California, Washington, Idaho and Wyoming
What was a constitution as used on the Oregon trail?
a document the party agreed upon before setting off- rules to abide by in the wilderness