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Oregon Trail
The Oregon Trail is a historic wagon route. It connected the Missouri River to the Oregon valleys.
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How did they treat a scorpion sting on the oregon trail?
gunpowder and salt As it turns out, rattlesnakes are able to control the amount of venom that they deliver and they benefit by not wasting the venom on an animal much too large to eat. Most people bitten by rattlesnakes stand a fairly good chance of receiving a sub-leathal dose of venom so almost anything you do for treatment that itself doesn't kill the victim will stand about as good a chance of resulting in the victim's survival. Whiskey is often offered as a cure in the movies...that is probably about as bad a treatment as any but, even so, there were survivors.
they had to cut exactly on the fang marks and suck as many blood venom as they could.
Is this question supposed to be asking how the pioneers following the Oregon Trail in the 1800's dealt with rattlesnake bites? If so, then someone else will need to provide an answer. If not, then the place name is not relevant to the question. The answer below is for current treatment.
Rattlesnake bites are "cured" the same no matter where the person is-by medical personnel using antivenin to counter the venom. The only catch with antivenin is that the snake's type has to be identified so they know which antivenin to use (if there is any). Your only other option is to use first aid measures, tough it out, and hope that you aren't severely maimed or disfigured by the damage that rattlesnake poison does to the human body. Since first aid measures won't cure the poison, they won't be listed here.
But it was possible to treat. **** is where you will go.
drink lots of water and try to take it out. drink lots of water and try to take it out.
gunpowder and salt As it turns out, rattlesnakes are able to control the amount of venom that they deliver and they benefit by not wasting the venom on an animal much too large to eat. Most people bitten by rattlesnakes stand a fairly good chance of receiving a sub-leathal dose of venom so almost anything you do for treatment that itself doesn't kill the victim will stand about as good a chance of resulting in the victim's survival. Whiskey is often offered as a cure in the movies...that is probably about as bad a treatment as any but, even so, there were survivors.
they had to cut exactly on the fang marks and suck as many blood venom as they could.
How do you download Oregon trail 5?
What is the best operating system and why? WIndows for universality.
Did the Oregon trail go through Colorado?
Yes. It passes through Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oregon.
What did people on the Oregon Trail eat for breakfast?
they ate breads eggs and apples for breakfasst
How long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail by coach?
It didn't take any time to "get to" the Oregon Trail. Once they left the jumping off point they were there .There were many dangers. Life was very hard.. At the start the land was flat and everyone was still fresh, but as the trip went along things got harder. They were going 2400 miles across land that was a combination of prairie , mountains, and deserts. Each had their own problems. They faced awful storms, floods, loosing family members and friends to the various diseases and accidents. Some lost everything in mountain passes or in flooded rivers. Most of the women and children walked the entire way. Today the prairie in some places is still pretty much the way they found it with bugs, heat, and winds blowing all day every day. They were brave stubborn people who put everything on a small wagon, left family, and left on a six month trip to a place they only heard about. The one thing it was NOT was boring.
What kind of weapons did they tack on the Oregon trail?
hammers , axes ,maybe an extra wheel ,few bandages , nails, lantern, wire, rope, shovel, gun, pocket knife
What are some major differences and similarities between the Oregon Trail and the Mormon Trail?
1. people died on both of them
2. they both took weeks or even months to travel on and most who tried it had little supplies
What was the weather like on the Oregon trail during the day?
Weather on the Oregon Trail was brutal most of the time due to either too much heat, too much cold, a blizzard, rain, or another type of storm. These were especially brutal if you had been on the trail for a long time. The journey takes 4-6 months.
What plants were poisonous on the Oregon trail?
Game was scarce, but pioneers were able to get bison, deer and rabbit. Beans were one of the other few sources of protein. Biscuits, salt pork, corn bread, dried corn, hull corn, cream corn, and dried corn mush.
In addition:
Much of what the pioneers ate on the Oregon Trail was non-perishable food that would travel well and, hopefully, last until they reached their destination. Other food items were either purchased along the way, or were hunted or harvested.
Basic items they would take with them included:
flour
hard tack (aka pilot bread, sea biscuit)
crackers
bacon (salted and preserved pork)
rice
coffee
tea
sugar
saleratus (baking soda)
dried beans
dried vegetables (pumpkin, peppers, onion)
dried fruit (prunes, raisins, currants, apples)
salt
corn meal
corn
vinegar
These ingredients were used to make bread, biscuits, pies, cakes, mush (porridge made from corn meal), corn soup, etc.
Other foods they might bring with them included cheese, chicken, ham, dried beef, sweets/candy, chocolate, codfish, herring, meat biscuits, portable soup, molasses, and syrup.
Most also brought along a cow for the fresh milk and for making butter. Chickens might have been brought along for fresh eggs.
Jam was made from fresh berries found along the way. Also harvested along the way were wild onions, wild plums, etc.
Hunting provided fresh meat from buffalo (bison), deer, rabbits and other wild animals.
The people used it to find new land, new settlements na dstarted to make a community out of what they had
How does the Oregon trail relate to the growth of the US?
People moved out west and started new colonies, and the colonies expanded, thus the growth of the US rose.
How do you cure dysentery in the 1800s on the Oregon trail?
Contaminated water.
This was part of the reason most quality guidebooks to the trails recommended using "oxen and one yoke of cow to pull your wagon as the cows can give milk on the trail and they can be sold when you arrive at your destination" as although the reason why drinking the water made people sick was not understood, it was known that people drinking fresh milk on the trail got sick much less often.
•Why do you think the Oregon Trail does not appear to follow a straight route?
The Oregon Trail was a roughly 2,000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, which was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west
What river did the Oregon trail and the Mormon trail follow?
Missouri
yellowstone
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big horn
When did the Oregon trail get started?
Well, that depends on how you look at it. Officially, according to an act of Congress, it begins in Independence, Missouri, and ends in Oregon City, Oregon. To the settlers, though, the trail to the Oregon Country was a five-month trip from their old home in the East to their new home in the West. It was different for every family. Some people got ready to leave the East, or "jump off" as they called it, in towns like St. Joseph or Council Bluffs, and others jumped off from their old homes in Illinois or Missouri and picked up the Oregon Trail in the countryside. Along the way, they could choose to take shortcuts or stick to the main trunk of the Trail, and the end of their journey didn't really come until they settled a claim somewhere in the vast Oregon Country.
What problems did the Oregon Trail face?
They faced many problems on the epic journey. They faced muddy rivers, swift rapids, vast desserts, steep mountains, scorching heat, violent thunderstorms, and fierce blizzards. Some people fell off the wagons and others would get in accidents with other wagon travelers.
How would you treat a broken leg if you were on the Oregon Trail?
they used egg white because that was the only thing they had at that time . But it
seemed to work
# Wash it in cold water # cover it in honey and egg whites or aloe # continually wash it and soak it in egg whites More info:People also (mistakenly) believed putting butter on a burn was a good treatment for burns. But, the butter actually made the burn worse by holding in the heat. This treatment was still being used well into the 20th century, even up until the 1960's or 1970's, more frequently by the elderly; that was the treatment they had grown up using, and being treated with. Today, however, it is common knowldege to never put butter, or any other greasy substance, on a burn, but to hold the burn under cold (not ice) water for a few minutes. The exception to this, though, is if it is a serious burn to get medical attention immediately.
To Treat a burn you would:
# wash it off in cold water # cover the burn in egg whites and honey (or aloe if available)
# continually wash the burn in egg whites
Why was it good to be on the first wagon on the Oregon trail?
A variety of incentives led people to attempt the 2,000 mile journey west. Many in the 1840s sought a new beginning following a widespread economic depression in the late 1830s. Some hoped to escape the political strife preceding and during the Civil War. A few settlers had patriotic motives, to ensure American possession of territory jointly claimed by the U.S. and Great Britain in the Northwest, or occupied by Mexico in the Southwest. Some religious groups wished to establish missions and communities. Some moved to join family members. Many emigrants made the trip seeking adventure and new opportunities. The majority of emigrants had as their main reason either land or gold. In Oregon, various land acts, most notably the Donation Land Act of 1850, provided free land, up to 320 or 640 acres, to settlers. The discovery of gold in California in 1848 lured nearly 150,000 people west over the trail in five years. New gold discoveries in Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, and other western states led continuing migrations of fortune seekers to all regions of western America.
