April 16 th 2011 Warm Up Complete the Map exercise on Pg 452 on the back of your Map Homework. Answer both questions a and b in complete sentences. Get out your notes for you weekly lecture.

Chimney Rock -90 meters high -Carved names in rock - Rises near Bayard,Nebraska -Nearly half a million emigrants saw Chimney Rock

Independence Rock Many emigrants arrived here on the fourth of July. Named in 1830 by William Sublette 700 feet wide, 1900 feet long, maximum of 128 feet above the Sweetwater Valley floor Many emigrants arrived here on the fourth of July. Named in 1830 by William Sublette 700 feet wide, 1900 feet long, maximum of 128 feet above the Sweetwater Valley floor

Devil’s Gate 5 miles southwest of Independence Rock Has a 400 feet deep chasm. Located on private land Is 370 feet deep and 1500 feet long Located in Natrona County, Wyoming 5 miles southwest of Independence Rock Has a 400 feet deep chasm. Located on private land Is 370 feet deep and 1500 feet long Located in Natrona County, Wyoming

Snake River Hundreds of feet deep at some points of the river Can only be crossed by using three islands as stepping stones Swallows up many things in its path Joins at many waterfalls

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Oregon Trail Daily Life on the Trail

Morning Routine First, they start the fire. Secondly, the women make breakfast. Then they pack up all supplies. »Lastly, they head on for the trail. First, they start the fire. Secondly, the women make breakfast. Then they pack up all supplies. »Lastly, they head on for the trail.

Meal Preparation If lucky, they would have quail or buffalo. They usually ate bacon. Pioneers cooked their meals over an open fire. If lucky, they would have quail or buffalo. They usually ate bacon. Pioneers cooked their meals over an open fire.

Jobs Along the Way Women washed clothes. Men hunted, traded, and dealt with the livestock. Women were the family doctors. Men built the cabins.

Animals Horses were rejected to go on the trail. Oxen were the most common. Mules were the second common. Horses could not live off prairie grass.

Distance Traveled People traveled about miles in one day. They traveled 2,000 miles in total. The people traveled 6 months in total from their starting point to their destination. Oxen traveled 2 miles an hour.

Evening Routine Build another fire to keep them warm. Prepare the evening meal. Eat our dinner. Write in our journal. Sleep and be ready to travel in the morning.

Entertainment Make Soap or candles. Singing around campfire. Children wrestled each other at school. Held spelling bees Reading and writing in journals.

Oregon Trail Hardships

Disease Hardly any real doctors traveled along the trail to cure diseases. People who were sick and dead from disease along the trail would be abandoned on the side of the road. Cholera killed more emigrants than anything else.

Deaths Pioneers lied saying that they knew how to drive. They lost control and death occurred. Infection caused deaths. When people were on the wagon and they fell under the wheels.

River Crossings The indians helped the pioneers cross rivers. Source of distress for pioneers. 37people drowned in1850 alone trying to cross the Green River.

Injuries Sometimes there weren’t real doctors on the trail. Cuts and broken bones could become infected. The youngest kids were usually the ones to get hurt.

Supply and Quality of Water At Cherry Creek the water was dried up like most other creeks. The pioneers had to dig holes in the sand for water for people and horses. Scarcity of water can lead to intense suffering for man and animals on the trail. At Cherry Creek the water was dried up like most other creeks. The pioneers had to dig holes in the sand for water for people and horses. Scarcity of water can lead to intense suffering for man and animals on the trail.

Lack of Food Because of the lack of food pioneers wouldn’t have energy to move on. They might get diseases from lack of vitamins. In the desert there wasn’t much game to hunt.

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On the back of your Map Homework, write a journal entry by answering the question, “What factors might have discouraged Americans from traveling to Oregon?” When completed place your homework, with your name on it, in the inbox. Copy down your homework Read Pgs Define: water rights, forty niners, vigilantes annex and cede Answer questions on pg 467 #1-2