Viewpoints on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion
Table of Contents In this book you will read about the Oregon Trail and westward expansion from three perspectives Each perspective is based on real things that happened to real people who traveled or experienced the Oregon Trail As you’ll see the same event can look different depending on one’s point of view Chapter 1 4 Jesse A Applegate Traveler on the Oregon Trail Chapter 2 18 Otter Woman Shoshone Woman Friend to Sacagawea Chapter 3 32 General Stephen Watts Kearny The Father of the United States Cavalry Timeline 44 Look Look Again 46 Glossary 47 Learn More 47 Index 48 About the Author 48 3
1 4 Jesse A Applegate Traveler on the Oregon Trail My name is Jesse Applegate Applegate My parents named me that so that people won’t confuse me with my uncle whose name is just Jesse Applegate Some folks call me Jesse A Others just call me Jess My family and I are headed west to Oregon to collect our riches Pa says My ma and pa uncles and aunts brothers and cousins are all going on the trip Our whole family is
moving out west together Up til now we’ve been Think about It Read this paragraph closely What is its main point Cite specific evidence from the text to support your answer farming right here in Missouri I like it here but Pa says it is hard to make a living as a farmer in Missouri Too many other farmers are crowding us in and we’ve got mosquitoes and diseases to worry us now too Pa says we either go west or wait around here to catch malaria or yellow fever Oregon is the land of milk and honey he says Of course there’s no going against Pa He says we’re leaving and that is that Since about 1811 it’s been mostly fur trappers and traders making their way past the Mississippi River Pa says now that it’s 1843 the trappers traders missionaries and other explorers have been coming and going back and forth long enough to prove it can be done So we loaded 5
