What It Was Like to Be On the Oregon Trail
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Michelle3345
So I watched this to see if it added up to my ancestors journals, they talked about burying there family but if it was ice and they couldnt they would wrap the bodies and put them up in trees so the wild animals couldnt eat them, they would also wrap them in what they had and layed them away from the trail. Many said men would dig graves for those who died and they would lay down in them to take a rest and pass away in the places they Dug for others. Thats sad, concerning these were fathers and brothers. They also talk about Indians being a pest, they would steal your babys at night or whenever they could, steal your food, sometimes if you were in company of a good Indian Brave they would trade, but that wasnt all the time. One of my ancestors had a milking cow that went dry, they talked about letting her go hoping she would gain her milk back. So they didnt eat there pets all the time. I know the Donner party did things A LOT differently then the Mormon pioneers did. So I guess it depends on what pioneer party your talking about. I dont know much about the Donner party other then they ate each other in the end. The Mormon pioneers didnt do that. I think there were other pioneer parties, those are the only two Im aware of though.
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So I watched this to see if it added up to my ancestors journals, they talked about burying there family but if it was ice and they couldnt they would wrap the bodies and put them up in trees so the wild animals couldnt eat them, they would also wrap them in what they had and layed them away from the trail. Many said men would dig graves for those who died and they would lay down in them to take a rest and pass away in the places they Dug for others. Thats sad, concerning these were fathers and brothers. They also talk about Indians being a pest, they would steal your babys at night or whenever they could, steal your food, sometimes if you were in company of a good Indian Brave they would trade, but that wasnt all the time. One of my ancestors had a milking cow that went dry, they talked about letting her go hoping she would gain her milk back. So they didnt eat there pets all the time. I know the Donner party did things A LOT differently then the Mormon pioneers did. So I guess it depends on what pioneer party your talking about. I dont know much about the Donner party other then they ate each other in the end. The Mormon pioneers didnt do that. I think there were other pioneer parties, those are the only two Im aware of though.
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TKR
What gets me is that the Native Americans generally welcomed the Europeans and shared their land and resources and taught Europeans how to live off the land.
Yet in return the Europeans generally treated the Natives badly, forcing them off the land, forcing them to turn to the a Christianity in a very unchristian way.
Yes I know that there were parts of Native life that might seem brutal, but their religion and culture was great, and it was the Europeans that were in the wrong in all of the Americas.
I say this as a European who lived in the Americas and hated how countries celebrated independence, but still embraced the language and religion (that to me is not independence it is still living under the influence of, even if not physical presence, of the European invaders)
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What gets me is that the Native Americans generally welcomed the Europeans and shared their land and resources and taught Europeans how to live off the land.
Yet in return the Europeans generally treated the Natives badly, forcing them off the land, forcing them to turn to the a Christianity in a very unchristian way.
Yes I know that there were parts of Native life that might seem brutal, but their religion and culture was great, and it was the Europeans that were in the wrong in all of the Americas.
I say this as a European who lived in the Americas and hated how countries celebrated independence, but still embraced the language and religion (that to me is not independence it is still living under the influence of, even if not physical presence, of the European invaders)
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MommaBrettD
I have to disagree with you on the Indian attacks. I come from families of pioneers and I even personally knew my great-grandmother who walked across South Dakota pulling a cow as a child. They ALL told horrific stories of Indian attacks. My grandmother talked about hiding in fox holes, a barrel of flour, and under the house to hide from the Indians both on the trail and after they settled. The Indians kidnapped women and children and made them slaves. That is no longer the PC history that anyone shares. I heard horrific stories about my family's history that they wrote down.
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I have to disagree with you on the Indian attacks. I come from families of pioneers and I even personally knew my great-grandmother who walked across South Dakota pulling a cow as a child. They ALL told horrific stories of Indian attacks. My grandmother talked about hiding in fox holes, a barrel of flour, and under the house to hide from the Indians both on the trail and after they settled. The Indians kidnapped women and children and made them slaves. That is no longer the PC history that anyone shares. I heard horrific stories about my family's history that they wrote down.
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Philip
I've heard stories of my great-great-great-grandparents traveling the trail in the covered wagon. They brought along two dozen chickens. Most of them were egg layers. They did not want to take up space in the wagon with cages, so they chained each Chicken around its neck, similair to a chain gang. They forced them to march single file all the way from St Louis to Oregon. It was a long miserable walk for the chickens
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I've heard stories of my great-great-great-grandparents traveling the trail in the covered wagon. They brought along two dozen chickens. Most of them were egg layers. They did not want to take up space in the wagon with cages, so they chained each Chicken around its neck, similair to a chain gang. They forced them to march single file all the way from St Louis to Oregon. It was a long miserable walk for the chickens
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Janet
My gr. gr. grandparents the Gershum VanAtta's lived in Illinois. The family walked the entire distance of the Oregon Trail in 1854 and settled in Linn County, Oregon, and then a few years later moved North to Brush Prairie, Washington. I would like to stand on the Oregon trail someday and fill a small bottle with dirt from the trail. Gurshum's wife Sarah gave birth to a still born baby on the trail.
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My gr. gr. grandparents the Gershum VanAtta's lived in Illinois. The family walked the entire distance of the Oregon Trail in 1854 and settled in Linn County, Oregon, and then a few years later moved North to Brush Prairie, Washington. I would like to stand on the Oregon trail someday and fill a small bottle with dirt from the trail. Gurshum's wife Sarah gave birth to a still born baby on the trail.
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StrummaChick
Proud descendant of people who traversed the Oregon trail and survived. Thankful I go by car from Missouri to Oregon. There is more family on my precious Mothers side (God rest her soul) in Oregon than in my home state of MO. I try make the trek every 3 or 4 years. Much more Cush than a covered wagon.
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Proud descendant of people who traversed the Oregon trail and survived. Thankful I go by car from Missouri to Oregon. There is more family on my precious Mothers side (God rest her soul) in Oregon than in my home state of MO. I try make the trek every 3 or 4 years. Much more Cush than a covered wagon.
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Teabag
I know what they felt like in the sun or cold. A lot of them most likely felt heat exhaustion from being in the sun for too long. They could of also gotten bad skin from that also. Could of also gotten a large tan from it - or a burn. The cold is a different story. They could of gotten sick from that.
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I know what they felt like in the sun or cold. A lot of them most likely felt heat exhaustion from being in the sun for too long. They could of also gotten bad skin from that also. Could of also gotten a large tan from it - or a burn. The cold is a different story. They could of gotten sick from that.
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George
Oregonians in the 19th century: I walked two thousand miles from Missouri, buried my wife who died from tuberculosis, and built a house and a farm for my children within a span of a month so I could claim this land
Oregonians nowadays: I got hospitalized after a bee stung me
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Oregonians in the 19th century: I walked two thousand miles from Missouri, buried my wife who died from tuberculosis, and built a house and a farm for my children within a span of a month so I could claim this land
Oregonians nowadays: I got hospitalized after a bee stung me
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Sharon
As someone who has benefited historically from the Home stead act and working at a land grant university, I was appalled to learn many decades later later that this act was giving away federal lands stolen from the native Americans to Euro settlers like my ancestors.
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As someone who has benefited historically from the Home stead act and working at a land grant university, I was appalled to learn many decades later later that this act was giving away federal lands stolen from the native Americans to Euro settlers like my ancestors.
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Bob
It says here that 9/10 deaths were due to diseases. Welllet me tell you. They shoulda just wore masks. NOBODY woulda died. Ya know. Cause masks block EVERYTHING. 150% effective and safe. Impossible to get sick wearing a mask. Welcome to 2022. This country sucks now.
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It says here that 9/10 deaths were due to diseases. Welllet me tell you. They shoulda just wore masks. NOBODY woulda died. Ya know. Cause masks block EVERYTHING. 150% effective and safe. Impossible to get sick wearing a mask. Welcome to 2022. This country sucks now.
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btetschner
Very interesting!
I suppose it would be much more difficult than playing the game lol
I would imagine that a person would need a lot more food if they are going to walk with the wagon instead of sitting on it.
Thank you for the video.
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Very interesting!
I suppose it would be much more difficult than playing the game lol
I would imagine that a person would need a lot more food if they are going to walk with the wagon instead of sitting on it.
Thank you for the video.
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Janet
My Gr. Gr. Grandparents Gersham and Sarah VanAtta and their 10 children traveled the Oregon trail on the Macy train in 1854. They had a baby stillborn on the Oregon Trail and buried somewhere on the trail.
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My Gr. Gr. Grandparents Gersham and Sarah VanAtta and their 10 children traveled the Oregon trail on the Macy train in 1854. They had a baby stillborn on the Oregon Trail and buried somewhere on the trail.
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education
pioneers intermarried with natives all the time. had children. thanks to revisionist history people will never know about this. all they will know is that every white man slaughtered every native.
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pioneers intermarried with natives all the time. had children. thanks to revisionist history people will never know about this. all they will know is that every white man slaughtered every native.
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Mac
I enjoyed this history lesson. I'd like to cross it with a pen as what I would not like to do list the thought of the old video game brought me here. Can you do the history of Noah and his family?
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I enjoyed this history lesson. I'd like to cross it with a pen as what I would not like to do list the thought of the old video game brought me here. Can you do the history of Noah and his family?
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John
To answer your question at the end. I would want to teleport from a parallel alt. Earth well into the future from THAT NY TO OUR CA! Or in other words I WOULDN'T WANT TO ACTUALLY TRAVERSE IT!
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To answer your question at the end. I would want to teleport from a parallel alt. Earth well into the future from THAT NY TO OUR CA! Or in other words I WOULDN'T WANT TO ACTUALLY TRAVERSE IT!
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Bernard
I thought I'd go nuts from boredom traveling east of the cascades--and that was only the scrubland of eastern Oregon, at +/- 90mph. I couldn't imagine the entire Great Plains, at 4mph!
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I thought I'd go nuts from boredom traveling east of the cascades--and that was only the scrubland of eastern Oregon, at +/- 90mph. I couldn't imagine the entire Great Plains, at 4mph!
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Chelsea
I drove from Illinois to Oregon, and vice versa and even that was rough for 2. 5 days(each trip took about 2. 5 days to complete. I don't think I'd make it if I had to walk the trail.
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I drove from Illinois to Oregon, and vice versa and even that was rough for 2. 5 days(each trip took about 2. 5 days to complete. I don't think I'd make it if I had to walk the trail.
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Marilyn
The West is growing faster than the East Because there's Gov. Neusome on the West coast with open borders & sanctuary cites, versus Gov. DeSantis on the East coast. Simple answer.
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The West is growing faster than the East Because there's Gov. Neusome on the West coast with open borders & sanctuary cites, versus Gov. DeSantis on the East coast. Simple answer.
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Jacob
I actually live along a part of the Oregon trail/fur trader routes of the mountains near the snake river in the NW that's not become a big modern town. I love the lifestyle here
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I actually live along a part of the Oregon trail/fur trader routes of the mountains near the snake river in the NW that's not become a big modern town. I love the lifestyle here
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Casey
My grandparents are buried less than a mile from where the pic of the red barn and mountains at 1: 14 was taken. Those are the Wallowa mountains in eastern Oregon.
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My grandparents are buried less than a mile from where the pic of the red barn and mountains at 1: 14 was taken. Those are the Wallowa mountains in eastern Oregon.
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