USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What do you do for fire?
A
Send out family to pick up Buffalo Chips.
B
You’ll be fine for one night without a fire.
C
Use some on the extra plans on your schooner.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Buffalo chips are another name for buffalo dung, which was used as fuel to burn on the Oregon Trail. The Oregon Trail ran through the Great Plains for a substantial part of its path. In many areas of the plains, there are few trees or other forms of fuel for fires.

Detailed explanation-2: -A buffalo chip, also called a meadow muffin, is the name for a large, flat, dried piece of dung deposited by the American bison.

Detailed explanation-3: -plural noun. informal. the dried dung of buffalo used as fuel, esp. by early settlers on the western plains.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tasman’s Premium Buffalo Chips are made of bison rawhides, here in the USA. The bison rawhides come from free-range, hormone-free bison, acquired from USDA or State Inspected facilities.

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