MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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dyssentery
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cholera
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snakebite
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Disease. Emigrants feared death from a variety of causes along the trail: lack of food or water; Indian attacks; accidents, or rattlesnake bites were a few. However, the number one killer, by a wide margin, was disease.
Detailed explanation-2: -Dysentery, smallpox, measles, mumps, and influenza were among the diseases named in diaries and journals, but cholera, mountain fever, and scurvy were probably the biggest killers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Diseases and serious illnesses caused the deaths of nine out of ten pioneers. Such diseases as cholera, small pox, flu, measles, mumps, tuberculosis could spread quickly through an entire wagon camp. Cholera was the main scourge of the trail.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cholera–Cholera is a disease caused by dirty water. This disease was the main cause of death on the Oregon Trail. It took one third of the people who died on the trail and could kill in less than a day. To cure a person diagnosed with cholera, pioneers gave laudanum and immediate rest.