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early travellers (Manifest destiny (the belief that Americans would own…
early travellers
Manifest destiny
the belief that Americans would own all land
they wanted to claim all the land
reasons to move
push
escape racial persecution
escape poverty
overcrowding in the east
pull
advertising by railroad
fresh start
homesteaders act 1862 offered land
letters from people who already moved
reports from newpapers and magazine
travelling
the journey
several guide books written
"the emigrants guide to Oregon and California" 1845
build their own wagons
packed food or the whole journey
3800km
The sagars
henry Sagar with his wife and 6 children
joined pioneers
went through muddy fields and rivers
gave birth to 7th child
angered Indians by killing too many buffalo
wife was killed from illness
measles swept through the travers killing some of the children