Viewpoints on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion

Viewpoints on the Oregon Trail and Westward Expansion — page 3
Second Source Find an outside source that describes life along the Oregon Trail Compare the information from your source to the information here How are they alike How are they different our wagon with everything we own and joined a big group of other folks headed in the same direction There’s safety in numbers says Pa though he didn’t say what kind of danger he expected to meet We set off from Independence Missouri in May with nearly 1,000 other folks We are in what is called a wagon train The train is not really a train It’s a line of wagons Ours has hundreds of wagons oxen and cattle all in a line as far as the eye can see Pa said we had to choose the time of our leaving carefully If we left too early in the spring there would be no grass yet for the livestock once we reached the plains If we left too late we might get caught in winter storms in the mountains Pa seems awful sure about this I’ve got no choice but to go along and trust him 6