MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Fuel oil
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Kerosene
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Peat moss
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Buffalo dung or buffalo chips
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Detailed explanation-1: -But the chips had a much more practical purpose for the emigrants–they were burned for fuel. There was no firewood along much of the Trail, so the only alternative was dried buffalo dung. Even though the pioneers were hardy, they didn’t much enjoy gathering up bushels of chips every night.
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: -plural noun : dry dung of buffalo or of livestock especially when used as fuel.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -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.