MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Question
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leaves
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sticks
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buffalo dung or buffalo chips
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trees/wood
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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: -India, dry buffalo dung is used as fuel and it is sometimes a sacred practice to use cow dung fuel in some areas in India.
Detailed explanation-3: -If wood was plentiful, it could be gathered during travel breaks, but it was most efficient for the pioneers to gather fuel as they walked throughout the day. Once the great plains of the west were reached, trees were few and Overlanders resorted to collecting dry buffalo dung to use as fuel.
Detailed explanation-4: -It burned with little blaze but formed hot coals, which were very effective for cooking or heating. It was almost the only fuel used by the Forty-niners and other travelers on the Oregon and Mormon trails. The first permanent settlers came not long after the buffalo were decimated.