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All the groups we have met! : )

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Abby cries because Abby and Kristin have passed away without a grave.

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Rhett gets Sean water because he is sick, with a sickness called Cholera. : ( Abby and Kristin have died as well.
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 This is a picture of Ira Matheus, she is shopping for food for us to bring with us on the wagon on the way to Oregon. (By Otis Marley and Kristin Gola)

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This is Kim Soo (Right) saying goodbye. She is going to be on the Oregon trail very soon. (By Otis Marley and Kristin Gola)

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This is a picture of one of our oxen (Aidan). You can tell that from the long journey so far, he is totally wiped out. We were trying to figure out how we could help them feel better and hopefully they will continue to carry our wagon along our journey. Also, you can see that there is someone (Kristin Gola) in the wagon trying to encourage the ox and keep us moving forward. (By: Nicoletta Iannazzo and Otis Marley)
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These are the Native Americans stopping us on the Oregon Trail and wanting us to trade with them. ( by :Sophia Castro and Nicoletta Iannazzo)
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This is a native American (Mrs.Martinez) getting wiskey from us but now we dont have any to help us when we need it (for surgeries). (By: Nicoletta Iannazzo and Sophia Castro)
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WE ran into a river we dont know how to get across the river. By sophia Castro.
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This is the doctor feeling sick Vermonts head.
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This is the nurse and police officer talking to a merchant about a medicicne cure.
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Samir Bakri gives chase to Dr. velociraptor (A.K.A Dr speedy thief) with no effect
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This photo describes how we got the Louisiana Territory. We bought it from France for 15 million dollars.
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This is a photo of Gwendolyn, Kristin, DongLIng, Nabiliu playing a game Chava Raya showed them how to play Find The thimble which is a game were one person hides a thimble and the other people close there eyes and cover there ears and count to ten when they are done they look for the thimble.
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This is a photo of the nurse and Dutch showing that Dutch is feeling a lot better and has almost lost his fever.
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This picture shows Christine, and Nicoletta, dancing to show how people on the Oregon Trail to pass the time.
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We made it to Chimney Rock today and boy it was beautiful!!!  How does something like this get created?  Nature is sooooo cool!
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Courthouse Rock was awesome!  I'm not exactly sure why it's called Courthouse Rock, but I'm a big fan of School House Rock!
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One of the 49e'rs paning for gold in the river. (It's Dong Ling)
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Dong Ling and Sophia Castro in a Morman church service.
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Dutch Vermont and Tristin Elie boating from the lessons they got from the NeZ Pearce indians.
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