Or they drowned or were snake-bit or suffered some other calamity.ĭeaths on the Oregon-California Trail could come from disease, accident, starvation, misadventure, slaying, or madness. Or they were injured in wagon or gun accidents. Their family members suffered illnesses such as cholera or yellow fever or pneumonia.
They washed with river water almost as muddy as the clothes. They made their meals with limited provisions and what they could glean along the trail. They only went because their husbands or fathers insisted.Īnd on the journey, they cooked over campfires instead of in brick ovens. For the most part, the women did not want to leave friends, travel some 2,000 miles home and make that trek of several months.
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