From: rainbow522@comcast.net
That sort of depended on where they were from and where they were going ;)
On the Oregon Trail, the "jumping off point" was typically St. Joseph or
Independence, Missouri. Assuming they were going to Oregon City, Oregon (the
end of the Oregon Trail), and they didn't encounter any undue hardships, or
die, the trip usually took around 6 months.
By the 1860's, the wagon trains could number in the 10's to close to 100 (I
think..correct me guys!), but many times, by the time they reached Boise,
many people had split off, and the groups were down to 3 to 5 wagons.
The Indian attacks increased as the Indians became more and more upset with
the treatment they and thier lands were receiving from the white man,
however, there were fewer than 1000 deaths (within roughly a 30 year period)
from Indian attacks, and most of those who died were the Indians,
themselves. Although there were many many deaths from cholera, scurvy,
disintary, etc, there is no way of telling exactly how many people died on
the Oregon Trail, as over 350,000 people immegrated to the west between 1841
and 1867(the year before the trans-continental railroad came into being),
and few were actually given graves with lasting markers. Most times, wolves
or Indians would dig the graves right back up, so people tried to hide them
.
...uh, hope that helped a bit....just call me Windy! heehee
"Von Fource" wrote in message
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> How many days did it take a typical wagon train to take new settlers
to
> their destination? How many months? How many wagons and people were
> typically on an average wagon train? How many causalities from general
> sickness and Indian attacks?
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> Thanks!
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