 Dinner
on the Oregon Trail
Duane
Today
pa and I went hunting. We got a bear, moose, and an elk.
We carried 400 pounds back with the help of our wagon
party. Ma is making bear stew. My older brother stumbled
upon some carrots, potatoes, and celery. Ma added
cornmeal, salt, pepper, and beans.
The
dinner was great. We ate till we were full. The only
problem was that ma cut open her hand. We added a bandage
and let it heal. After dinner we gave 20 pounds of meat
to each wagon we saw. Oops. Ma says I have to go to bed
now. Bye!
Oregon
Trail
Trevor
My
dad and my brother went hunting they shot a few squirrels
and some deer when they got back to the house we had
squirrels, deer, corn, beans for supper. I saw Shane
picking flower with Tim over by the house. I thought that
was pretty funny.
Finding
Food is Not Easy
Shane
Finding
something to eat on the Oregon trail is hard work. You
have to go hunting all the time for food. I some times
shoot as much as I need and sometimes shoot more. It is
hard work but it is better than nothing I all ways say.
We use iron type pots to cook our food. I also have to
pick plants to eat too. That’s what it is like to
eat on the Oregon Trail.
Oregon
Trail
Ryan
Today
I had to go and hunt for buffalo chips because we ran out
last night. The girls had gone gathering for berries,
roots, leaves, and stuff like that. I got quite a bit of
buffalo chips, like 7 or 8.
I
can’t wait until dinner tonight. We are having a 210
pound Elk! This will be the 2nd time we have
had elk sense we left home. I shot the elk. In trade we
are giving 100 pound of elk for 105 pound of fish from
the people a couple of wagons in front of us.
Oregon
Trail
Malana
Today
I had to look for fruit I met two people named Maeve L.
and then we became friends we had to gather buffalo
chips. I hate doing that. It is hard work but it has to
be done.
That
night after dinner we got to play a game and then we got
to dance to the fiddle. I had lots of fun. Tomorrow will
probably be the same way. We had bacon again and deer.
But tomorrow we will have turkey.
Oregon
Trail
Maeve
Today
my brother and I went hunting. We got a buffalo,
suprisingly. Together we couldn’t carry it back so
we went and got one of our strongest horses to pull it
back. While we were doing that Ma was baking a loaf of
bread. Pa was making a rope fence for our horses so they
could run around. Mary and Myra, my other 2 sisters were
hunting for roots or petals of plants, and luckily found
a berry patch.
That
night we had bread and butter with some beef stew and for
desert we had blackberries. That night everyone was very
full and we had a lot of leftovers. I had 2 bowls with
one slice of bread. The berries were extremely good. I
love going out and collecting meat and gathering herbs
for our dinner.
Cooking
on the Trail
Taylor
Yesterday
Ma made me go gather roots, berries, flowers, and leaves.
After I brought all the things back Ma was cooking over
the fire with a kettle and a ladle. I asked where Pa was,
but she didn’t know. Then Braden came running to me
and he said Pa went hunting with some other people.
Later
Pa came back with two ducks, two turkeys, and one buffalo
he said he had a lucky shot on. He also said he almost
shot a pretty big bear but missed by a little bit. Today
Pa said one ox died, but he thinks we have enough to last
the rest of the trail.
Oregon
Trail
Alan
Today
I had to go get some buffalo chips for the fire back at
camp. I brought back 8 buffalo chips. Mom said that was
enough for the fire. My dad had the hunt and he got 2
deer. Mom said that we would share with other wagons that
are on the trail.
My
mom cooked the deer really good, but she burnt her hand
when she was cooking. For dessert my mom went picking for
some berries and she got some. After dinner I said,
"good dinner mom had" and I went to bed.
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Cooking
on the Oregon Trail
Logan
We
have been on the trail for 2 months. We started out with
a variety of things to eat, but now we are almost out of
all of the initial resources we started the trail with.
We went hunting once and got a buffalo. We found a lot of
buffalo chips too. So, we built a fire from the chips and
ate some buffalo.
Now
we need too gather berries and vegetables. We need to do
so because a diet with just meat is very plain. I
personally think that we need all of the vegetables and
fruits we can find. But up until now the fruits and
vegetables have been scarce. The food that we have is
very good though.
Yesterday
on the Trail
Alexis
We’ve
been on the trail for 2 months now and wen still
hasn’t made it to Oregon. Along the trail we have
brought dried fruits and vegetables, corn meal, flour,
bacon (salted or dried). For animals we have milk cow,
cattle, oxens, and chicken. We gathered roots, berries,
and leaves.
Yesterday
we had to stop because grandma said "She had to cook
supper for the night and we were getting tired." The
next day we started on the trail. Papa said, "We
were going to stop and hunt and grandma, Nisha, and I are
going to go see if we can find anything like more
berries. I can’t wait ‘til we get to Oregon.
People say that Oregon is a beautiful place.
Oregon
Trail
Nolan
Today
Alan and I had to go find buffalo chips. We found about 9
for the fire. Alan brought the gun along and he shot a
pretty big deer. Carrying the deer back was hard but it
was worth it. I couldn’t wait to eat it.
When
we got back to the wagon Cameron and Ryan were getting
milk from our cow. Alan and I started the fire and cut
off a piece of the deer. We put the meat in our pot with
some wild onions we had found about a week earlier. Alan
added some flour and pepper. The meal tasted great and we
had leftovers so we gave them to the wagon behind us.
They looked hungry because they had lost their gun and
couldn’t go hunting.
Oregon
Trail
Jared
Getting
food is be sort of hard because the animals on the trail
you see would run away. Getting plants would have to know
witch plants are poisonous and witch is not.
Preparing
food sometimes can be hard. It can be hard by some times
you may not have the right stuff. Some times you may not
have anything to eat at all.
Hunting
and Gathering Food
Zach
Yesterday
my brothers went hunting. Joe got two elk. Jeremy got a
bear. Mom and I went in the woods and got some roots and
found seeds. We also fund some fruit.
Today
mom and I are going in the forest near by to get some
fruit and vegetibals. My dad Steve also hunts with my
brothers. My brothers are both 20 years old. We brought
some animals too so we don’t run out of food. We
brought 2 chickens, 1 milk cow and some sunflower seeds.
On
the Oregon Trail
Brooke Taylor
Today
all of us had to go outside and get buffalo chips. It was
a very hot out and we had long sleeves on. Today we got
about 39 buffalo chips. My sister had to go back to the
wagon because she had a fever. We needed about 50 buffalo
chips. We had a lot of trouble because we were not the
only ones out here. In about 3 hours later we got back
with all the buffalo chips. That was that was not all
because we had to gather some dry grass to start a fire.
We also had to get bushes if we run out of dry grass.
After that we were done. That was a lot of work we told
each other.
Now
had to go hunting and my sister had to go cause she was
the best at hunting. We had to be very careful not to get
killed by a bear. We shot a bear, 2 moose, 3 bird, 4
deer, and that is all. We shot about 6,000 pounds and we
already have 7,000 and we can’t eat that much. Than
we thought we could share it with others. So we shared
about 4,000 and kept the rest.
It is
almost night and we have to go gather plants to eat and
cook. We found wild berries, apples, sunflowers, and
flowers. We cooked some of are plants and dried our
fruit. Now we have to dry food a little bit make a little
bit of stew. Now we are done for the day.
Note:
Photographs were taken on the top of the Onekama
School hill, just outside the Mac Lab door. All text was
typed by the students. Thank you for the loan of the
family kettle, Miss Bishop! Hope you are enjoying your
vacation in Germany. ...Mrs. Eldridge
March
2004 Oregon Index Page
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