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There were very few treatments for dysentery in the 1850s, especially when traveling with a wagon train. Various herbal teas, such as willow bark were sometimes used to varying degrees of success. Still, dysentery was an all to common cause of death along the trails.
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What were the groups of covered wagons called?
It is not wagon trains. Groups of covered wagons are called prairie schooners. But we can also call it wagon trains, I guess.
How many months did it take to travel by land in wagon trains?
To travel by land in wagon trains, it took two months.
What term is refers to a wagon used in the wagon trains headed to the American west?
chuck wagon
How did pioneers migrate west?
The pioneers migrated west with the help of the covered wagon and wagon trains. The wagon trains were the safest form of travel because of the sheer volume of people.
In the wild west days the wagon trains were asked to form a something when being attacked?
The wagon trains were to form a circle when they were being attacked.
The long line of covered wagons was called?
Wagon trains.
How did the wagon trains treat hand burns from fires in the 1800s?
they put axle grease or an ointment made out of hog and lard
Did wagon trains travel by water or land?
By land.
How do wagon trains cross rivers?
pioneers found high spots in the river to cross with their wagon
Where did most of the pioneers settle?
out in the open, in circles with their wagon trains
What is an accurate statement about emigrants heading west in the mid -1800s?
They traveled in wagon trains of 50 to 1,000 people.
Why did families travel in wagons trains?
why did families travel in wagon train
