Notes

*Capt. Wm. Becknell- Independence,
MO Santa Fe, New Mexico

• Barley survived desert, cold, impassable mts.
• Overland- the US/ Mexico- 800
• American

*Mountain men

• beavers were exhausted - almost extinct
• to spread religious beliefs
• Marcus and Narcissa Whitman
• they told of the west greatness- good soil, enough rain, rivers

*2000- Missouri- Oregon

• spring- a slow death- 50,000

*hand tools- plant crops
*Disease, accidents, natural disasters

• The family's survival depended one their help

*Wyoming- vote

• uneasy peace

*discovery of gold- White - Chinese War

Study Guide

8. Trappers
12. their labor was needed for their families to survive
18. Santa Fe Trail
19. Traders

Quiz

1. rendezvous
2. William Bucknell
3. missionaries
4. John Jacob Astor
5. False - Fur
6. False- traders
7.False- Oregon Trail
8. TRUE