![]() ![]() When you try to go hunting, you only find squirrels, and they skitter away mockingly before you can hit them. When you attempt to trade with people, they are uninterested in anything you have to offer. Your provisions, already depleted by the accident at the river, begin to run out. Your wife is distraught and wants to return to Illinois, but you have sacrificed too much, and need to push forward to make it worthwhile. It overwhelms your wagon, washing away two yokes of oxen and pounds of precious food, and causing your youngest son to drown. The river is too deep and the current too strong. ![]() However, when you arrive at the Big Blue River Crossing, you try to ford it, and you meet with disaster. The oxen make good pace, the weather is fine, and your family is in good spirits. You will soon be in Oregon, and become richer than that banker.Ī few days later, you and your family leave. On the way out, you pass a banker, who has a team of eighteen sleek, well-fed oxen hooked up to his wagon, and you feel a pang of trepidation. Matt refuses to haggle, tapping his pipe, and saying someone else will pay for it. Your money quickly dwindles to nothing, as you purchase oxen, food, clothes, and ammunition. Matt the shopkeeper is warm and welcoming, but many people have passed through his doors on the way to Oregon, and he is clearly determined to rich of the boom. ![]() You feel as wealthy as a king, until you arrive at the general store, and have to purchase supplies for the trip. Selling your land, animals, and seed, you raise more money than you have ever had in your life: $400. She knows that not everyone makes the long and dangerous trip to Oregon, and she is scared of ending up in a hastily dug grave by the side of the road, but you are determined. You tell your wife that you are heading west, and she is nervous at first. You’ve heard rumors of the rich and fertile land in the Willamette Valley, and believe it holds not only the potential for abundant crops but a fresh start for you and your family. You have heard of a new territory to the west in a place called Oregon.
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