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with 3-4 months of supplies
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Challenging climb, horses struggled, 5 oldest had to walk
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killed one horse, we had to sell some supplies to buy a new horse
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slows trip, wheel broke on wagon and we have to replace it
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take blankets and food, in North Eastern Tennessee
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Indian ferry to help cross, Clara Beth falls into the water
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two days before the land grab races, are at the place they start
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horse drawn wagon, Transcontinental Railroad was too expensive
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Near a stream, Mid Oklahoma area, but away from railroad
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while building, we lived in a dugout in a nearby hill
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destroys newly built house
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with pnemonia
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devastates crops and supplies, lose money
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he leaves the house to make money for the family, he seasonally works
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supplies needed, but crops still in decent condition
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destroys most crops, enough for survival, tight on money and supplies
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House keepers were in high demand in the West, we needed more money coming in because of the drought, she would come home every other weekend for four days, one and a half for travel
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5 feet for 10 days, for fun we read books and the Bible, we danced, and made music
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crops fine, a few supply items broken
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what we do for fun
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we invite them to eat, they tell us of the old lush Great Plains and how the railroad and too many settlers like us are destroying their culture, how buffalo was their religion and food source and the settlers just killed them, and of the Dawes Severalty Act which is taking away more of their land and trying to assimilate them into our culture
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he comes back home
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to a neighbor woman named Lydia
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prices of crops drops, but farm is managing well
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to John Miller
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It's a boy named Edward after my late husband
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ruins home, but crops and supplies are decent
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