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Have you ever been interested in what the travelers on the Oregon trail endured? Continue reading to see a few things they endured. There were many hardships settlers faced on the Oregon Trail. After reading the article titled “Another Fine Cow Died This Afternoon”, these are some of the hardships I noticed that happened during the Oregon Trail. In this essay I will be going over and discussing what happened to these travelers, the main things being discussed are crossing rivers, the weather conditions and seasons and finally having health issues being on the trail. Throughout this reading think about if the Oregon trail was truly dangerous.

The first thing these travelers had to think about was what season they were going to set off in,

As mentioned in the text on August 5th, “Our turn will come to cross sometime tomorrow. There is one small ferry boat running here, owned by the Hudson’s Bay Company. Have to pay three dollars a wagon. Our worst trouble at these large rivers is swimming the stock over.” Another fact I found on the website https://oregontrailcenter.org/dangers#:~:text=Crossing%20rivers%20were%20probably%20the,water%2C%20causing%20wagons%20to%20overturn states “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 valuable supplies. Animals could panic when wading through deep, swift water, causing wagons to overturn.” Crossing rivers caused numerous issues and were very dangerous to the people crossing through the

During the Oregon trail, you were completely alone with either yourself or your family. Comparatively, if you or someone in your family was a doctor it helped loads but that was not the majority. According to the primary source, Amelia Stewart was pregnant the entire journey without it being an issue,” A few days later my eighth child was born.” Meanwhile, according to an online source getting sick is very dangerous and many passed quickly, “It could attack a perfectly healthy person after breakfast and he would be in his grave by noon.” Subsequently found in the same text (https://oregontrailcenter.org/dangers#:~:text=Crossing%20rivers%20were%20probably%20the,water%2C%20causing%20wagons%20to%20overturn.) It says the following, “20,000 for the entire 2,000 miles of the Oregon/California Trail, or an average of ten graves per mile.” In summary, the Oregon trail caused many deaths averaging 10 graves each mile. Can you imagine every 5,280 feet seeing a dead