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Go West and Get Rich!
You leave your home and say goodbye to your family members that stayed behind. You also bring a wagon and multiple oxen or mules.
CAPTION: Packing up wagon for trip west -
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Oregon Trail
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Sink or Swim - River Crossing
Although your oxen got you across the water fine, the wagon behind you gets stuck in the current of the river and floats away. If you try to cross the river by yourself, you will drown.
CAPTION: Wagon crossing a river -
Into the Unknown
Nine miles into the expedition, your animals carrying the wagon get too tired to continue on, so you stop your wagon and unload some unneccessary supplies. This makes it easier for the animals to carry the weight.
CAPTION: Wagon stopping to unload supplies -
Ganging Up - Don't Travel Alone
You meet at Independence, Missouri and start a wagon train with other travelers wanting to go to Oregon. They also hire a French fur trapper as a guide.
CAPTION: Wagons taveling together in a wagon train -
Wet and Weary
After they unload some items from their wagon, they get caught in a sandstorm. You stop and wait for it to pass for the next 3 hours.
CAPTION: Large sandstorm -
Watch Out - Indians !
The Indians forgot their tribe agreement and they shoot one their oxens. After thye realize their mistake, they give an extra oxen and some for as an apology.
CAPTION: Indians on horses meeting pioneers in wagons -
Stampede
A stampede occurs in the distance. This causes your animals to quicken their pace, so you get an extra mile ahead of time. This makes up for the time lost because of the sandstorm. -
Mealtimes - Feeling Queasy ?
3 people get sick from foul water (contains animal urine). Eventually thye perish.
CAPTION: Pioneers stopping to eat and get water -
At the Fort
You finally get to take a break from walking at Fort Laramie. You rest, wash your clothes, buy new food, and repair your wagon for the rest of your journey.
CAPTION: Fort Laramie -
Done In and Done For
You trade in your old oxe for a new mule. He seems to be stronger then your old one, and if in case you run into a blizzard, the mules will last longer in the harsh weather.
CAPTION: Mule being traded -
The Last Lap
We are experiencing some delays in our journey such as slopes, cliffs, bad weather, and diseases. We hopre thet we can get to the West soon.
CAPTION: Ice and snow block the road on the Oregon Trail. -
Journey's End
We arrived in Oregon, so now we have to claim land, chop down trees to start buliding shelter, and making food.
CAPTION:Map of oregon territory in the U.S
