 Wolf |  Coyote |  Badger |  Black Bear |
 Brown Bear |  Mountain Lion |  Lichen |  Deer |
- Wolfs and coyotes are both found on the Oregon trail and in Yellow Stone
- There are 20 mountain peeks at Yellow Stone
- 3,000 bison in Yellow Stone
- Rhode Island and Delaware could fit in Yellow Stone with space left over
- There is a canyon in Yellow Stone that is 20 miles long
- Yellow Stone is a huge volcano
- The size of the wagons the people took on the Oregon trail are 10 feet long and 3 feet wide
- A male bison weighs 2,000 pounds or a ton
- Yellow Stone is 31 thousand square miles, 4 small states could fit in it
- 700 oxen, 800 cattle could fit into large wagons with room
- an adult coyote is 30 pounds and 22 inches tall it also has larger ears and a longer but thinner snout
- an adult wolf is 64 inches tall it also has smaller but wider snout and smaller ears
- Coyotes are smaller so they have to be sneakier, they pretend to be hurt and then they attack
- the Oregon trail was a flat grassy land with no trees and there was no rode the grass was just flattened down
- they didn't always go the same way on the Oregon trail
- Sometimes they broke of and wend a different way
- Coyotes and wolfs have some teeth just like us
- Wolfs could eat 80 quarter pound burgers in 20 minutes
- They have to eat this fast because there are other animals around like bears
- They eat so much because they only eat 2 to 3 times a week
- wolfs are family animals and they stay together
- the wolfs take food from other animals and the wolfs
- The large wagon needs bog animals to pull it
- The large wagons git stuck in the mud when it rains
- 2 or 3 small wagons are better but more expensive
- The pioneers had to sift the bugs that were attracted to the flower
- Every thing you do to the eco-system something will happen in return
- Only a baby, an elder person, or a person that is sick ride on the wagon
- When you leave for the Oregon trail you will leave family and friends
- You only leave for the Oregon trail if you want
- Most people died because of unsanitary conditions
- They tried as hard as they could to save the sick people
- In the summer they used cow chips to start fires
- the wagons don't travel right next to each other unless there is sand stone or lime stone
- there are snakes and bugs in the grass and we don't have bug spray
- it is very difficult to get your wagon down a cliff you have to unhook the animals to pull the wagon and that could take days
- 11 have to work in the days then do chores in the evening and then they could play
- Some people were assigned to watch over the sheep and other animals
- If there was a a bear coming they would shoot it very fast then they would skin it and use the skin for blankets and eat the meat
- They used buffalo fat to repel bugs
- Black bears are meaner and they want to kill but grisly bears are not as mean
- There were really big mosquitoes the size of humming birds and biting flies
- badgers live alone unlike wolves
- Badgers can be 15 to 20 pounds and they like to dig, play, and stay in the sun
- you could eat a badger
- Badgers are related to skunks
- badgers would be cooked in a stew or plain but with so much seasoning
- The meat of a badger is more like a game meat it has a strong taste
- Grey wolfs are so tall, if its front paws were on Mr. Solarz' shoulders and he put his arms up he would be touching the wolfs nose
- wolfs have webbed feet for walking in the snow, like snow shews
- badgers are all over the Oregon trail
- in other countries they eat badgers, we don't
- Wolverines are related to badgers
- You will not see mountain lions on the Oregon trail
- Lichen is used in medicines and perfume
Some of these facts were very interesting to me. I didn't know all of the different ways to tell coyotes from wolfs on the Oregon Trail. Now I know all of the things will should expect and will know how to take care of them. I am glad that Richard Chapman took time to answer our questions and Skype with our class.
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