Oregon Trail Dbq Essay

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It has been a month since I left Independence, Missouri (Document A). While traveling on the Oregon Trail, I encountered a small group of people whom were also moving along (Document A). We decidedto stay together for the benefit of sharing our supplies. With this, we are now traveling with 2 wagons and about 8 people. We are going about 20 - 27 miles per day (Document B). Continuing on the route, we finally arrived at Chimney Rock. We plan to stay here for resting; some of the members are starting to get exhausted and sick. When getting to Chimney Rock, I noticed a few graves of people whom have died of the disease cholera (Document C). Some campers may need to watch out for cholera. After roughly 11 days, we managed to make it to Fort Laramie (Document A). It was the night I finally felt at home. We hunted a …show more content…

I bought some of my supplies at the local store. I carried my knapsack containing my cradle, pickaxe, shovel, flint bread, blankets, and rifle (Document D). I tried to find an empty space where there were no people around, but that was nearly impossible. Finding myself at a ravine, I had some dirty looks from men that were aware that I was a woman digging for gold; I didn’t really care and started digging. To start, I dug a hole about four feet deep and came to an area of bedrock where gold is usually located (Document D). At the end of the day, I still had no gold. It is exhausting to dig for gold, but I’ll keep trying. I have been digging all day for about a month and a half, and so far I’ve picked up a few “slugs”, which makes a total of 24 ounces with the subtraction of spending some on food and other materials.(Document F). During the afternoon, I decided to walk around to get to know my surroundings a bit better. I noticed many gold diggers of all races. Some were even working together which surprised me; a white and black man were working together as equals.( Document

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