MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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They ran out of food.
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There was a buffalo stampede.
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One of their wheels broke.
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They had to cross a wild river.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bison herds typically move slowly as the heavy animals lumber along, grazing on grass as they go much like modern cattle. But when threatened or frightened, a bison herd can stampede, forming a thundering mass of panicking animals that moves as a single body.
Detailed explanation-2: -1. : an occurrence in which a large group of frightened or excited animals or people run together in a wild and uncontrolled way to escape from something, get out of a place, etc. a buffalo stampede.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cattle stampedes Especially at night, things such as lighting a match, someone jumping off a horse, a horse shaking itself, a lightning strike, a tumbleweed blown into the herd, or “a horse running through a herd kicking at a saddle which has turned under its belly” have been known to cause stampedes.
Detailed explanation-4: -a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.