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Starting out in Independence, MO
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Packing our wagons
Today we are packing our things in our wagons. We are packing dishes and things for us to wear. We are all checking to make sure that we packed every thing until... (Caroline and Allie)
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Forgetful
We realised that we forgot some inportant things, like mediciens and and some cantiens of water. We forgot some of the most inportant things. So we went back to the store to get all the things we needed for the trip and double check this time. -
Good soil!
We learned today that some people moved west in the 1840's and 50's because there was rich soil. Kristin. -
Gold!
Some people also went west because there was gold. Gold would make them very rich and wealthy! Kristin. -
More land
Some settlers wented to move twest because they needed more space. Allie -
Inexpensive of Free Land!
We learned today that people that moved west could find inexpensive or even free land if they moved west. This could give them a new life. Kristin. -
Shopping
We are shopping for supplies we will need for trail. Like medicines,food,water,oxen,tools we are going to need like a compess.We will probly need a lot more stuff to take with us. -
Topeka, Kansas!
We are in Topeka, Kansas. Kristin. -
Indians!
We met indians on our way into Nebraska. They wanted a toll so we gave them whiske, fur, jewelry, and $100. -
Someone died!
The indians we met got angry and killed someone, Joe Blemont. Luckily, he wasn't in our class. But it was sad. -
Platte River.
We had to cross the Platte River and we took off our wheels on the wagon and made a raft. It took 3 days but it worked! -
History Alive
we went to study some things on history alive -
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reflections
we reflected on our day -
Dutch vermont gets sick
dutch vermont (or aidan) gets an unknown sickness -
we get scammed
dr.velociraptor (or mr.solarz) scams us into buying fake snake oil for dutch -
Snake Oil
We needed to buy this snake oil too cure Dutch Vermount becuase he was sick but it didn't work. -
People going forwards to go find dr.volasarapter
It was a skam and we have to go forward to get our money back becuase he said it would work at it didn't work it just made him more sick. -
Dutch vermount Feels Better
Dutch vermounts fever has gone down and is feeling better but he can still not walk, I hope he can walk SOON! -
We Buy Flour
We had to buy another barrel of flour because we lost one traveling on the river. -
We are Bored
We are SOOOOOO bored and have nothing to do we are tring to think of games to play because we are so bored. -
We get medicine for Dutch Vermont
We sent a few people from our group to go to Fort Kearney to get Medicine for the feverish Duth Vermont. -
button Whizzer
This is a game that you can play and it will make a weird sound when it spins. -
New Destination
We are very Excited about our next stop. (But some of us aren't exactly sure what it is, so that's why there's a question mark). -
We have arrived!
We arrived at the Destination we all have been so excited about! Chimmney Rock and Courthouse Rock. Both are very huge rocks. Yet amazing.
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Problem Fire Wood
We ran out of fire wood and now we need to get buffalo chips and it did work. -
Problem!
We all are getting blisters on our feet because we have been walking so much. they really hurt. So we are trying to find out how to cure them. -
Even bigger Problem with the blisters!
We had a meeting and decide to pop the blisters with needle that were burned over the fire to clean it. Huge Mistake. A lot of people got their blisters infected Because the needles were burned over a fire made out of buffalo chips! -
Chinese Immigrants and 49ers.
We saw some Chinese Immigrants and 49ers mining for gold and valuable goods. -
Mexicanos
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Nec-Perce Indians
We met some nec-perce indians. -
Other Pioneers
We saw some other people who wanted cheap farm land and went on the oregon trail with by us. -
Running out of Time
We took to much time trying to make a decision to cure cholera so, two of our people in our group died. Some other people also caught cholera. -
Cholera With Water
Christine and Sophia had cholera and were very sick. We decided to give them water with salt and sugar but it was too late... They died :(. -
The death of Christine DuPont and Sophia Castro
Christine and Sophia caught cholera and they died because they didn't get enough water. -
49ers
These are 49ers who have looking and working for gold. -
Mexicanos
We have met the Mexicanos and they are very interesting people. They have cowboys called "Vaqueros" and they have ranches called "Ranchos". -
Mormons
We met a group of people called the Mormons. They are very religious and they are like amish people. They have a very interesting history like being told to move around alot and needing to leave their homes. -
Dynamite
We chose Dynamite to blow a hole in the mountain and hide from the storm -
Storms a-comin'
"BOOM" A huge storm hit us. Lucky for us we right away stated to dig a big hole to put the oxen in, We then hid ,too.
