Pacific Pioneers

The men of the expedition had plenty of challenges to face on their return back home. The men was only half way through their journey and they had already spent 95% of their money they had received to go on the expedition. In the beginning of the expedition the men didn’t know what they was going against. They didn’t know how to manage the food and supplies they were provide to go on with the expedition. Lewis, Clark and the rest of the men learn their lesson from when the expedition first begun. The captains decided to put supplies into caches that had stretched from the Nez Perce country to the Great falls. That was a brilliant idea that the captains had made because now they can replenish as the move east ward back home.

Chris McCandless died doing what he loved, but was it worth all of the pain and uncertainty he caused his family? Chris embarked on a journey through the Alaskan wilderness, which resulted in his demise. He cut ties with his family due to personal differences in opinion and travelled all around the country living off of the land for the most part. People have formed many different opinions of Chris McCandless, but its up to you to decide whether his actions were selfish or purposeful. In this Journal, I will be questioning the motives of McCandless, connecting with him, as well as evaluating the author.

The people in the settlement had to face harsh winters and going months without food. Document D explains that they had little food for a lot of people. Specifically in the letter it states ”but me must work hard to get home late for a mess of water gruel and a mouthful of bread”. They starved because they did not have any way of growing food because of the agriculture. The water was salt water or water that carried disease that they had to boil and then let cool down before consumption so that they did not get diseases like giardia and they did not have enough boiled water to water the crops or system to get lake or river water to their crops.

Animals like bears and snakes were a frequent encounter that would potentially harm the explorers. The terrain was rugged and not easy to travel on. The men would have to hike thousands of miles through mountains and rocky hills where they fell constantly, severely injuring themselves. Since the men did not have a doctor’s office nearby, when they got cut from rocks or other natural dangers, they would have to use anything they could find to help them. If someone got badly injured and was not able to walk, they would have to be left behind. The crew later became a “walking hospital” filled with “skin diseases, exhaustion, dysentery, constipation, fevers, malaria, strained muscles, sore eyes, boils and venereal diseases.”

Although men often rejoiced in the idea of a new adventure for a chance at economic success, many women felt that the traveling was too much of a gamble as they focused more on the highly relevant hardships they would be facing. The next piece of evidence, that supports both the overall claim and the hardships, is that on the Oregon Trail, emigrants faced hunger, exposure to the elements, poisoned water, and some of them even resulted in some cannibalism. The cannibalism, assuming they survived long enough for the effects to take place, would have most likely caused a prion disease which symptoms would have included memory loss, changes in behavior and mood, and dementia. Arguably this would have been a worse outcome than the eminent death some emigrants faced. One of the main reasons Americans decided to travel westward was to find prosperity and success, also known as the American Dream, however some might argue that taking one group of people’s (the American emigrants) comfort, over the safety of another (the native Americans and Mexicans they stole the land from) is highly immoral.

We expected Whitman Mission to be a nice place to stock up on food, but this place was burned down to the ground. There was one wagon train about to leave but we stopped them and asked them what had happened. They said that the Indians burned it down because of a disease that killed off a lot of Indians. They didn't want anyone else catching the disease. The Indians were the only ones not immune to this disease. We didn't stay here for long because we were scared they would burn us too. We headed to Oregon City. It was going to be tough and we would probably start to run low on supplies. We reached Dalles where we stayed for one day. Then we headed out and followed the Barlow Road that goes around Mt.Hood. This trail is very narrow and rough.

The long perilous journey of the Oregon Trail stretched across the West and dared anyone brave enough to reach the prize of land at its end. The brutal weather conditions and the rugged terrain proved to be a daunting task for many. Native Americans defended their territories and would attack those who entered. So how did the West Coast ever become a thriving part of the United States? Through the dedication and perseverance of thousands of pioneers, the western territories of the United States would grow and prosper. In honor of the acts of these Americans, a national monument for the pioneers should be created in order to represent their struggle and the impact they made in expanding the United States.

barely any air, there was nothing to drink or eat, it was hot, and people had to

During their journey to the New World, the Puritans had to endure many hardships. The journey, which was three thousand miles long, was rough. One of their two ships had to turn back, losing their supplies along with it. However, their first winter in the new colony was no better. Their journey had left the Puritans ill-equipped and unprepared for the oncoming winter. Out of the first one hundred and two settlers, only half survived the first winter. Out of eighteen women, fourteen had died, leading

In Jedediah Smith’s Journals, smith talks about one encounter with the Indians that resulted in a dead horse. One morning smith woke up and Indain told them that some Indians killed and ate one of his horses. Throughout the trip Smith’s party was at risk for dehydration because they had to cross deserts, where there was not water for a long time. Jedediah Smith explains in his journals that one time, his guides told the him and his party that they were a multiple days of travel away from the next water source. Because of the length away from the next source of water, Smith decided to and wait till the sun went down and travel at night. Also traveling through the desert the party had to combat the lack of food. To combat this starvation the Smith’s men had to pack three horse loads of meat. The trip to California would have never been successful if it was not for the men’s ability to push through the tough times to reach the common goal of the group. Throughout this trip, the explorers kept running out of water.

The emigrants on the Oregon trail had many troubles faced during their time on the trail due to life threatening diseases. The emigrants on the Oregon Trail had a 10% chance of living if they had gotten a disease. In the essay “Emigrants on the Oregon Trail” Jack Rockefeller

“Because of such happenings and many others of a like sort, various fears and superstitions arose among the survivors, almost all of which tended toward one end-to flee from the sick and whatever had belonged to them. In this way each man thought to be safeguarding his own health. Some among them were of the opinion that by living temperately and guarding against excesses of all kinds, they could do much toward avoiding the danger; and in forming a band they lived away from the rest of the world. Gathering in those houses where no one had been ill and living was more comfortable, they shut themselves in. They ate moderately of the best that could be had and drank

The Cherokee marched through, biting cold, rains, and snow. Many people died during this trip from starvation, diseases, exposure,

Pioneers needed numerous key elements to survive in the devastating biomes that they traveled through. The pioneers always traveled in large groups of about 80 to 100 people per group. Their goal was to reach new, far away, lands to settle colonies in. Instead of walking on foot, they used many wagons and cattle to travel quicker and easier. Also, they needed many sets of clothing to keep themselves warm. Their voyages took about six to twelve months depending on how far away they were traveling. They needed vast amounts of food, water, and clothing in order to survive their entire journey to a new place to

As we have learned throughout our semester from the many coursework assigned, we know the trans-oceanic movement of people of the Pacific coordinates hand in hand with native and settlers sexualities. We learned that the through past and current colonization, the Pacific has been conceptualized from Euro-Americans. As far as literacy, visual, and audiovisual from the media has helped create a representations of how the rest of the world acknowledge the Pacific. Through, the countless articles, textbook readings, and movies we have watched this semester I have realized that I am a bit sadden by how non-native people can create a representation of a culture when they know little to nothing about. I feel that it is almost false data or false