Warm Up 11/28  Please take your computer from the cart and log on.  Go to the shared file  Go to “O’Connor” folder  Open the word document titled “Wiki Site for 8 th Grade Review”  Then Stop for further instructions.

Trails West

Mountain Men and the Rendezvous  Jedediah Smith- Fur trapper and explorer  Rugged loner  Was mauled by a grizzly bear  Discovered the South Pass. What is it?  An easier pass through the Rocky Mts.

Mountain Men and the Rendezvous  Jim Beckwourth- lived an interesting life  Born into slavery and set free by his owner  At the age of 25 he went west with fur traders.  While there he was adopted by the Crow tribe  He found a valley that would become known as the Beckwourth pass into Northern California.  Through the Sierra Nevada Mts.  He would set up a ranch and trading post

The Rendezvous  William Henry Ashley created a trading arrangement called the rendezvous  Rendezvous- individual trappers came to a prearranged site and time.  Traders would buy supplies from the easterner businessmen with Beaver pelts.  Beaver pelts were worth the most  Why?  Rendezvous were like big parties

Mexico gains it’s independence 1821  Mexico gained independence from Spain, opening it’s borders to America.  William Becknell set out with hardware, china, clothes, and other goods for Santa Fe. For which he sold and made a large profit.  This would prompt a large number of traders to make their way to Santa Fe

Santa Fe Trail  Becknell’s trail would be know as the Santa Fe Trail  Two different routes  What made them different? 1.Had plenty of water but took much longer to get there 2.Had little water but it was much faster  Mule ears  Why would anyone chance the shorter route?

The Oregon Trail  Connected Independence, MO to the Oregon Territory  Some of the first immigrants to the territories were missionaries  Word of rich land, and tall tales of large pigs and constant sunshine attracted people to migrate.  1843 as many as 1,000 people traveled, the next year twice that many traveled to the Oregon Territory.

Mormon Trail  Moved West for different reasons  What were they?  Religious freedom  Lived in closed communities, worked hard, shared their goods, and prospered  1 st leader Joseph Smith was killed by anti- Mormon mob in Illinois.  Polygamy- Husband is able to have more than one wife  Very few practice it today.  Brigham Young would be next leader

Mormon Trail  Brigham Young would lead 1,600 followers west to the Mexican territory.  Settled near the Great Salt Lake  Worked hard to build dams and canals in order to make their new desert home bloom  It wouldn’t have worked unless they worked together

The Trails  Individually list the supplies a person would take with them on the Santa Fe Trail  Individually list the supplies a person would take with them on the Oregon Trail  Individually list the supplies a person would take with them on the Mormon Trail  Get with a partner and share your list and write any supplies that you have not listed.  Share those lists with the class.  Why certain supplies for certain trails?