Stories of the Oregon Country began in the ______ Stretched from northern California to the southern border of Alaska. The ______________________________________ claimed rights to the Oregon country _______________: Britain and the United States in 1818 made a treaty – join occupation of the region without caring about the Indians who lived there

______________: Fur traders along the rocky mountains in search of beaver pelts – adopted Indian ways and married Indian women Churches sent missionaries to the Oregon country to convert _________ to _______________ Jason Lee – _______________– built mission school for Indians Little success in converting the Indians and created _____________

Oregon Trail : – starting in __________________: the main route across the vast central plains and the rocky mountains Started in 1842 ______________________________ More than 5,000 traveled it Travel along the Platte River (_________) Through the south pass (_________) Follow the snake river to settlements

They wanted to obtain land that could be ______ or ________ then __________________ Most also enjoyed the challenge and _____________about life on the frontier Long chains of Wagon Trains Pioneers used it so much they demanded complete control over it – ___________________________________________

*Indians and pioneers didn’t continually fight* White travelers often were given ____ from the Indians in return for ________ and ______ __________was more deadly than the Indians Cholera killed 10,000 (4%)

The Old Spanish Trail – carried travelers from Santa Fe to southern California Santa Fe Trail – began at Independence, MO but veered southwest Independence

Mormons – a religious group formed by Joseph Smith where men can have more than one wife – _________________________________________ They migrated to Ohio then Missouri and then Illinois Smith was ____________and Mormons were forced to move – They moved to ________________– Mexican Territory

______________ – many Mormons began to travel from temporary camps in Iowa to Utah 1850 – 11,000 Mormons settled 1860 – 30,000 Mormons settled Farmers and traders: they sold ______ to pioneers traveling on the _________________ and the Old Spanish Trail