Because the pionners might get attacked by native americans.
To teach the Christian religion to Native Americans.
The native Americans owned Oregon first.
Not Indians, but Native Americans did but really who discovered Oregon like in European Lewis and Clark Spainis
they didn't get persecuted for religious beliefs
The Oregon Trail significantly impacted Native American communities, as it facilitated the westward expansion of settlers and the influx of new populations into their territories. This migration led to conflicts over land and resources, disruption of traditional hunting and gathering practices, and the spread of diseases to which Native Americans had little immunity. Additionally, treaties were often violated, further eroding their rights and sovereignty. Overall, the trail marked a period of profound change and hardship for many Native American tribes.
they wanted to bring christianity to native americans
Wyoming's worst wars were the Indian Wars, encounters between the Native Americans and the settlers moving through Wyoming on the Oregon Trail. Due to the rise of tensions caused by settlers encroaching on the land promised to the Indians and the fact that supplies promised by treaties did not arrive, the Indians retaliated.
settlers went to Oregon country for land to farm and to trade fur.
Hunger. Weather. Wild animals. Native Americans.
think about the Native Americans and also look at the deaths and hardships the pioneers faced
Because the different tribes lived largely independent of each other, so Native Americans in Oregon didn't have contact with Native Americans in Delaware, thus their cultures and languages formed entirely separate from each other.