Early Pioneers Flashcards
What animals did the trappers hunt for when fur hats were fashionable in the USA?
Beavers and other animals for fur
What did tappers have acts the Rocky Mountain?
Blaze trails
Who did some trappers work for?
Fur companies
What and why did he fur companies build trading posts?
So Indians and merchants could meet to trade. The trading posts became forts as they could be defended if attacked
What was life like for trappers and mountain men?
Life would be hard with freezing temperatures grizzly bears and hostile Indians such as the Blackfoot tribe
What happened by 1840 for trappers?
The Indians became more hostile to the trappers as they brought diseases such as smallpox sand fur became less fashionable and the Beavers were becomes extinct
What is a rendezvous?
This is a yearly party for the tappers. Once a year the trappers would meet at a trade spot where they would trade there belongings and would end up in a drunken party with the trappers squandering much of there years money
Why did pioneers move west?
Because of the Great Depression in the 1930’s as wages were cut so many people moved to California because of the gold rush
How did most people travel to the west?
In wagons
Where do the trip take them?
The Oregon trial took them through Missouri, across the plains through the Rocky Mountains to Oregon
Why was life travelling difficult for the early pioneers?
Poor weather
Overturned wagons
Illness
Attacks from Indians
What date was most gold gone by?
1850’s
What was life like as a miner?
Those who survived the journey were disappointed. All the good mining sites were gone and they had backbreaking jobs with little wages
Who were the fist non Indians to love across the plains?
Mountain man and trappers
