 Mat, John, Kelsey, & Emily E. hope they survive. March 13. We started in Independence to go to Sacramento. It was a stressful day full of hunting and riding. From today Alexia has an internal injuries, Kel is in good spirits. Me, I am fair and in good spirits. / May 30 We met some Indians from the Pawnee tribe. We traded some things, but other than that we just talked. / June. I'll be glad when this trip is over. I'm going to relax and put my feet up. Yesterday was stressful and exciting. We took a ferry on the Elk Horn River and we sank. What a cheap ferry that was. ...John
Amber S. & Cheyenne Made the Trip Oregon Trail Journal. Day 20. Along the trail about every 10 miles there is a grave from some loved one that got a disease. Sometimes the weather is unpredictable, but today the wild life was beautiful so we gathered fruit, vegetables and wildflowers. Day 40 When we cook we use buffalo chips for the fire. ...Amber S |
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Emily, Jeremy, Nate, Ginny Share a Dangerous Journey to Oregon Country. March 5, 1943. Dear Diary, today I am going to tell about my family. I have a twin sister, Elizabeth and two adopted brothers, Kalvin and Kevin. Our parents died a while ago. / April 2. Today I died of a bad cold so now I just watch what everyone does. / May 7. Kalvin died today which only leaves Kevin, Elizabeth and the other Kalvin. We made it a good long way and got plenty of meat fron hunting. We have no vegetables or fruit. Our Moral is low. / June 22. Today Kevin got sick. It got worse and then he died. We also lost Elizabeth. They both died of scurvy. We still have low moral, no fruits or vegetables. /September 28. Kevin, being the only one left, was rafting down the columbia River when he hit a whirlpool and tipped over. He got back up and kept going. After that he kept hitting things and ended up drowning. ...Ginny March 5, 1743. My chores are to make supper, make sweaters, socks, shirts and pants for all the people on the trail, take care of the sick people in our wagon. I'm also a teacher for the kids on the trail, and sometimes I drive the wagon. An hour or two ago I fell out of the wagon. I got a broken leg so my sister had to do my chores with hers. It took her a while to get all of them done. Sometimes when bad things happen, good things can happen at the same time. At least that's what I think. ...Emily B. |
 Katie, Nichole, Brandon, Jason March 4, 1840. We all have to go to Oregon because my husband died. We will miss him. Now before he died he gave us some cash to go to Oregon. I am thinking it will be harsh but we will be strong and we should make it if we try to be as strong as we can. / March 15. Today we set off on the trail. As soon as we got past two rivers I almost died of a disease called Cholera and I almost drowned from Uncle Sam tipping the wagon. Sorry to say that's the third time in a row he did that. ...Nichole Oregon Trail. It's been a rough ride so far. I wish I was a man so I could just walk. We got stuck in the mud once. Mom gave me a big scare when Uncle Sam tipped the wagon. I thought she would drown. ...Katie |
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 Jessica, Chris March 5, 1840. It all started when Jessica's father fell in the well and died. We couldn't pay our taxes so they took the farm from us. So we moved to Oregon. If we were there first we could get some land. We had to buy oxen, not horses, and a wagon because we had to travel 6 months and 2,000 miles. ...Chris May 4, 1840. We're at Acroment Hills right now. It's really a nice place. There are many buffalo, deer and bear. We can't hunt because we don't have any ammunition. We've been trading for food, but we came close to starvation. Let me tell you, it was scary. I almost forgot our best horse died today. We'll miss that one. For our children we traded corn for a puppy. He has white paws but all the rest of him is black so we named him socks. He mostly slept on our old pillows. May 20. Today was really scary. We tipped over in three rivers. We lost a few things but later we found them . It was a good thing we found some ammunition in a spare wagon. We shot every animal we saw so we would have food. Jacob could only carry back about hale. Our dog went with him and carried back a duck. The duck was brown with a green stripe. We ate the duck and it was really tender and juicy. ...Jessica
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Tyler, Tim, Isabel, Julie Pecos Bill, a tall tale (Eldridge's Group) Our Pecos Bill Play (Lyman's Group) |
 Amber J, Joel, Brenen, Jake Oregon Trail. My three older brothers and I are traveling 2,000 miles. I hope we will be one of the lucky ones and not have people dieing on us, or get poisoned from fish or snake bites. We have to be careful about about the water that we give our oxen. ...Amber J. July 1847. Came to the halfway point and hunted. We didn't get much, but we got enough to stay alive. We took a ferry across the Plate River. ...Brenen When we traveled the Oregon Trail my favorite thing to do is hunt. It takes two shots to kill a bear. It takes one to shoot a deer. Once I got bit by a bear. I like to trade with other people. ...Jake
Kayla B, Mandy, Joleen March 4, 1840. My husband was scouting the Oregon Country last month. He died. It was terrible. I was shocked. I had to tell my sons, Spencer and Jesse. They were shocked as bad as I was. We decided to go to Oregon alone. / March 30. So we left Navoo. Spencer got frost bitten twice and Jesse once. We had to cross two frozen rivers. It got extremely cold out. We had a blizzard. We had to stop. I hope we all get there together. ...Joleen November 1840. My parents died from the Cholera Epidemic so my brother Billbob and I started to Oregon with our Uncle Clint. Later, Billbob and Uncle Clint died of Cholera. It must run in the family. I was the only one left. I made it through a thunderstorm and a flood. I got to Oregon. ...Mandie
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