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Headin' West
By LuAnna
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SUPPLIES THEY USED
  • Food- butter, bacon, meat, vegetables flour
  • Medicine- Penicillin aloe vera

3
CLOTHES THEY WORE
  • Girls- skirts, dresses, pinafores (a type of
    apron)
  • Boys-hats with wide brims, suspenders, long
    underwear
  • Women-bloomers under dresses, lacy
    undergarments
  • Men-union suits long underwear

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HARDSHIPS THEY FACED
  • River crossings-Wagons could sink or tip, people
    could drown
  • Accidents-Falling off the wagon, getting smashed
    by wagon wheels, guns going off and hitting
    someone
  • Diseases- Cholera caused infection in the
    intestine caused by contaminated water or food
  • Weather- Thunderstorms, people got struck by
    lightning or hit by hailstones the size of apples

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ANIMALS THEY TOOK WITH THEM
  • Horse- quickly rejected because they attracted
    bandits
  • Mule-easy to breed, fast could live off prairie
    grass
  • Oxen-slow, went 2 mph
  • Buffalo- used as game

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WEAPONS USED
  • Rifles- used in hunting, bullets used
  • Shotguns- used for hunting small game
  • Pistols- handgun
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