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The Pioneers

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  • become less
    decline
  • food, clothes and the things you need in daily life, especially for a group of people
    supplies
  • kindness that you show to people. (This word begins with letter 'c______'.)
    charity
  • Many pioneers died ______ accidents or disease, but hope for a new life inspired the pioneers to continue.
    from
  • Why did the pioneer families travel west?
    to find land for farming
  • illness, especially one that can be caused by infection
    disease
  • food you take with you on a journey
    provisions
  • Did they all survive the journey?
    No, they didn't. Many died from accidents and disease.
  • chance to do something
    opportunity
  • What are wagon trains?
    Groups of wagons traveling together
  • often
    frequently
  • How long did their journey take?
    six or eight months
  • In the mid-nineteenth century, about _____________ people traveled west to find new land for farming.
    400,000
  • When they finally arrived in Oregon, most spent their first winter clearing land and building ____________.
    log cabins
  • These pioneers had to carry all their provisions for their journey, as well as ___________ for the new settlements in their wagons.
    supplies
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