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Buffalo
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Any of various wild oxen; popularly, the american bison
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Cholera
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Any of several intestinal diseases
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Conestoga Wagon
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a broad-wheeled covered wagon used for hauling freight in colonial America; named after Conestoga Valley, Lancaster Country, Pennsylvania, where the wagons were made
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Drought
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long period dryness
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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 many 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 Applachian Mountains, east 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 religous one; a person who tries to convert people of other faiths to his or her 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 fpresent-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 missouri, northwest to the columbia riverin what is today oregon, much used by the westwood 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, for example
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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 teh mississippi valley
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prairie schooner
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a large, box-shaped covered wagon used by pioneers in ninteeth century to cross the american praries
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reservation
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land set aside byh the US 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 america
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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
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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
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