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1. What dangers did the pioneers face?
2. What was the biggest threat to pioneers on the wagon trail?
3. What did pioneers need to survive?
4. What hardships did the pioneers face on the Oregon Trail?
5. What did the pioneers eat?
6. How did pioneers treat dysentery?
7. What were the real enemies of the pioneers on the Oregon Trail?
8. How many pioneers died traveling west?
9. How did pioneers get cholera?
10. What did pioneers do for fun?
11. How did pioneers keep bacon?
12. How did the pioneers survive in the winter?
13. What did the pioneers eat for dessert?
14. What challenges did the pioneers face as they moved west?
15. What did pioneers do when they got to Oregon?

What dangers did the pioneers face?

Major threats to pioneer life and limb came from accidents, exhaustion, and disease. Crossing rivers were probably the most dangerous thing pioneers did. Swollen rivers could tip over and drown both people and oxen. Such accidents could cause the loss of life and most or all of valuable supplies.

What was the biggest threat to pioneers on the wagon trail?

Emigrants feared death from a variety of causes along the trail: lack of food or water; Indian attacks; accidents, or rattlesnake bites were a few. However, the number one killer, by a wide margin, was disease.

What did pioneers need to survive?

The pioneers would take with them as many supplies as possible. They took cornmeal, bacon, eggs, potatoes, rice, beans, yeast, dried fruit, crackers, dried meat, and a large barrel of water that was tied to the side of the wagon.

What hardships did the pioneers face on the Oregon Trail?

The hardships of weather, limited diet, and exhaustion made travelers very vulnerable to infectious diseases such as cholera, flu, dysentery, measles, mumps, tuberculosis, and typhoid fever which could spread quickly through an entire wagon camp.

What did the pioneers eat?

The mainstays of a pioneer diet were simple fare like potatoes, beans and rice, hardtack (which is simply flour, water, 1 teaspoon each of salt and sugar, then baked), soda biscuits (flour, milk, one t. each of carbonate of soda and salt), Johnny cakes, cornbread, cornmeal mush, and bread.

How did pioneers treat dysentery?

Castor oil was used to treat dysentery and other bowel disorders. Mountain fever: Usually not fatal, with symptoms such as intestinal discomfort, diarrhea, headache, skin rashes, respiratory distress and fever.

What were the real enemies of the pioneers on the Oregon Trail?

The real enemies of the pioneers were cholera, poor sanitation and--surprisingly--accidental gunshots. The first emigrants to go to Oregon in a covered wagon were Marcus and Narcissa Whitman (and Henry and Eliza Spalding) who made the trip in 1836.

How many pioneers died traveling west?

Bashore and Tolley analyzed 56,000 records of pioneers who traveled to Salt Lake City between 1847 and 1868. The researchers found 1,900 deaths during the journey or within the calendar year of arrival in Salt Lake, making the overall mortality rate 3.5 percent.

How did pioneers get cholera?

Today cholera is treated by rehydrating the patient with salty solutions, but at that time the cause, means of transmission, and treatment of the disease were unknown. Travelers spread the infection among the unsanitary outfitting towns and carried it west from campground to campground and waterhole to waterhole.

What did pioneers do for fun?

They had races and played games such as Sheep Over the River, Hide and Seek, Pull the Rope, and Steal-Stick Duck-Stones. They also sang and danced. They made dolls from corn cobs and rags and used a bladder balloon for ball games.

How did pioneers keep bacon?

Marcy advised travelers to pack the pork in sacks, “or… in boxes… surrounded with bran, which in a great measure, prevents the fat from melting away.” Unfortunately, bacon still occasionally spoiled and had to be ditched along the trail. In less delicious news, bacon wasn't just cured, it was a cure!

How did the pioneers survive in the winter?

Pioneers worked to build up an ample supply of wood for the winter, for the flames of the fireplace were vital to survival during winter. ... The warm pajamas and insulated coats that exist today did not exist then, and the pioneers relied on layers of clothing and blankets to keep warm.

What did the pioneers eat for dessert?

As for desserts — they were simple, but many and varied. There were apple dump- lings, rice and bread puddings, soft molasses cookies, sugar jumbles, and mincemeat, pumpkin, dried apple, or custard pies. On special occasions we might have lemon pie. It was not necessary to skimp on eggs or milk.

What challenges did the pioneers face as they moved west?

Along the way, many pioneers faced very real dangers such as disease, drowning, runaway covered wagons on steep hillsides, accidental discharge of weapons, and hostile encounters. For many Native Americans, the western expansion meant risks and changes to their way of life.

What did pioneers do when they got to Oregon?

Emigrants could corral and graze their animals at the Farm while, for 50 cents, they dined on large portions of beef, potatoes, slaw, and biscuits. At Oregon City, after six months of grueling travel over 2000 miles, newcomers might rest a bit and resupply in town at establishments such as Abernethy's Store.