Where did you go? And what was the route you took?
A –We traveled as a family my daughters, Cindy and Louise and my husband, Jerry. We started in Independence, Missouri and on the Santa Fe trail, then we crossed over to the old Spanish trail in Santa Fe and that took us to Los Angeles, California.
What where some of the difficulties you faced?
A - Cindy got malaria after being bitten by a mosquito. We had to stop and thankfully there was a family in the same situation that could help us get her well again. That delayed us two weeks. Accidents were common, but we only got into one crash where we broke our axel while crossing a river. Thankfully we had an extra axel to repair it.
Did you encounter any Indians? What do you think about them?
A – We did not encounter any Indians.
What supplies did you bring on the trip?
A - We brought flour, bacon, sugar, coffee and we had three oxen to pull our covered wagon across the trail, enough clothing for us
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A – There is no way you can plan for how hard the trip was. It was the hardest thing I have ever done in my life.
What were some of the diseases you faced?
A - Measles, cholera, malaria and dysentery.
How many people traveled with and how many survived?
A – Four people started, and three made the trip, sadly Louise died from measles.
What did you have to give up / leave behind in order to make the trip possible?
A – We had to give up almost all of the comforts of home. Most of the items we brought with us we had to toss out when the trail got steep and to make room along the way. We would see ours along with others cherished items thrown out along the trail.
What motivated you to keep going along the way?
A – We knew that the journey was not going to be easy, but we knew that there was lots of land that was cheap and that’s what we wanted, good farming land that was affordable. We wanted to start fresh lives and that’s exactly what moving west did for
4. Before moving to North America did you have an idea of what you thought it would be like?
The author, Tim O’Brien gives us a detailed prescription of each item that the soldiers carried with them. “The things they carried were determined by necessity” (389). Each soldier took something that has huge significance and impact with them to the war front. Also a vivid description of the reason why what was kept where gave a better insight into how important each item was to the soldiers. The use of “slangs” to describe certain things, like M&M, which meant medical supplies (392) is also a significant topic in the story. “what they carried varied by mission”, “When a mission took them to the mountains, they carried mosquito netting, machetes, canvas tarps, and extra bug juice” (393). The reality with which one can relate to soldiers’s reason for carrying what they carried, is vividly described by the author. It describes how “Kiowa always took along his
On the Oregon Trail, most sustenance was bought along the way in small towns or stops built solely for resupplying. A list created by Joel Palmer, Canadian Quaker and traveler of the Oregon Trail, outlines the typical stores a family would bring on their lengthy journey. Note that the following was a recommended food list for each adult: "two hundred pounds of flour, thirty pounds of pilot bread, seventy-five pounds of bacon, ten pound of rice, five pounds of coffee, two pounds of tea, twenty-five pounds of sugar, half a bushel of dried beans, one bushel of dried fruit, two pound of saleratus [baking soda], ten pounds of salt, half a bushel of corn meal; and it is well to have half a bushel of corn, parched and ground; a small keg of vinegar should also be taken." Given this information, it is unsurprising that most pioneers were forced to discard items from their wagons in order to hasten their
You can come by wagon or come by foot. By wagon, oxen and mules, you have to cross deserts, mountains, and valleys. The advantage is that you can carry your clothes, food for long journey, tools for mining and farming, and items for cooking. You You will have a great adventure! Coming by foot is long but if you need fitness then this is your call!
The actual route that they traveled was named “The Trail of Tears”, for it had been the trail where they had cried. Because of the harsh conditions faced on the long journey to the west, around four-thousand died. After a harsh outbreak of smallpox, they were not able to go into certain towns because of the fear of spreading the disease. Disease, famine, and prolonged exposure to the harsh elements were the main reason why they died along the way. The cold weather was brutal and a lot of times they had a hard time crossing the rivers because they were frozen and had chunks of ice floating in them. There was a land route and a water route to get to the west. (See Fig. 1).
Do most of your relatives live in New Mexico? If not, then where do they live?
During the Mexican era of 1821 to around 1848, the people in California realized how beneficial it would be to start getting more involved in the world’s economy. They participated in the economy through the hide and tallow trade which involved trading with Russia, England, Mexico, and France among other countries. This was an important step in the process with trying to become more independent from Mexico. A downside of the trade system is that the Indians had to work on specific tasks that the Californios didn’t want to do themselves, like working with the cattle. They were used since people could get away at giving them incredibly small wages and assumingly bad working conditions (Cherny, 93). Another example of the bad side of trades
to travel many miles on foot in a short amount of time. They had hardly any food and scarce
The Cherokee marched through, biting cold, rains, and snow. Many people died during this trip from starvation, diseases, exposure,
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This report presents an interview with a bilingual called H.D . H.D. is a daughter of a Turkish immigrant family who lived in Australia for 12 years .H.D. gives examples from her personal life about how she became bilingual background , the challenges of second language acquisition , benefits and the role of languages in her life.
The covered wagons were small and could only hold the emigrants luggage or food so the emigrants had to walk next to the wagon for safety or there food and clothes.
ASSIGNMENT: Achieving competence as an interpersonal communicator in a diverse society is necessary to your personal and professional success. One way to enhance our understanding of interpersonal communication as a relationship-building activity is to engage in first hand dialogue with people from cultures other than your own. This assignment gives you the opportunity to engage in the dual perspective honoring the perspective of the person with whom you are communicating as well as honoring your own perspective. You are also able to contrast your worldview with the perspective of someone with a different life experience than your