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Buffalo

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Any of various wild oxen; popularity, the americans bison.

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Cholera

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Any of several intestinal diseases.

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Conestoga

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A broad-wheeled covered wagon used for hauling freight in colonial america named after conestoga valley, lancaster county, pennsylvania were the wagons were made.

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Drought

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Long period of dryness.

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Emigration

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The act of emigration or moving away.

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Emigrate

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To leave one's place of residence to live elsewhere.

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Epidemic

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A disease that spreads rapidly among individuals in a community at the same time; the rapid spreading of such a disease.

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Midwest

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The part of the united states west of the rocky mountains and north of the ohio river and the southern boundaries of missouri and kansas.

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Migrate

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To move from one place to another, change.

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Migration

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Movement from one place to another.

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Missionary

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A person sent on a mission often a religious one; a person who tries to convert people of other faiths to his or hers own faith.

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Native Americans

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The collective name for the thousands of people who lived on present-day United States land long before europeans settled in the Americans; also known as American indians.

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Oregon Country

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Territory Stretching from present-day Northern california to the southern border of alaska.

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Oregon Trail

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Former route extending from the Missouri river in Missuri, Northwest to the Columbia river in what is today oregon, much used by westward migrants 1840-1860.

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Pioneer

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A person who goes before, preparing the way for others, as an early settler.

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Plains

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Large areas of level or rolling largely treeless country.

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Prairie

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A large area of level or slightly rolling grassland, especially one in the mississippi valley.

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Prairie Schooner

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A large,box-shaped covered wagon used by pioneers in the nineteenth century to cross the americans prairies.

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Reservation

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Land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans.

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Sagebrush

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Any of a Number of grayish plants that smell like sage, common to the dry,alkaline areas of western North Americans.

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Topography

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The Science of drawing on maps and charts or otherwise representing the surface features of a region, including its relief and rivers, The surface features of a place of region.

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Trailblazer

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A Pioneer in any field; One who first ventured west, creating or blazing the trail.

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Westward Ho!

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The Phrase that became a symbol of encouragement and daring to settlers headed west.