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Well, I decided to play the Oregon Trail tonight. Fun, right?
Wrong!
It was:
Me.
Maura.
Mat.
Dave.
Holly.
May 1, 1848
We started down the trail with:
3 oxen
20 sets of clothing
2000 bullets
3 wagon wheels
3 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
100 pounds of food
May 17, 1848
We have arrived at the Kansas River Crossing.
We lost:
1 ox
2 wagon axles
3 wagon tongues
Dave (drowned)
June 10, 1848
Maura has dysentery.
June 21, 1848
Maura is well again.
June 28, 1848
Holly has a fever.
July 2, 1848
Holly got sick and died.
July 20, 1848
An ox died.
August 17, 1848
Mat is sick with typhoid fever.
August 27, 1848
Mat is well again.
August 29, 1848
Mat has the measles.
September 6, 1848
Maura has typhoid fever
September 12, 1848
Maura died of typhoid.
Mat is well again.
September 21, 1848
Mat has a broken arm.
September 25, 1848
Mat got sick and died.
October 10, 1848
I was bitten by a snake.
On October 11, 1848, Marie died of cholera.