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Date: Saturday, July12, 1862

It’s a hot and sunny day in July last week mom told us we had to move to the breadbasket of the west. Dad said that we had to go and get a wagon from the church. So we went to the church but the pastor said the last wagon was given to Ms.Larabea and Mr.Laratate. We were furious we told the pastor that if he didn’t give us a wagon and a wagon now we were going to get our shot gun and shoot down the church. So he gave us the best wagon you will ever see it had a wooden roof with a big light bulb f  or the sides it was iron and the wheels were also iron. But I was wondering when we get to the west how will we get land. Dad said that we could go and see the Columbia river .Mom was talking to use about squatters and how they take peoples land and think its there’s. Dad said that if there was anything he could do to get land he would.

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Date: Thursday, July17, 1862

Mom and dad died so I guess it’s just me Joshua, Carlike, Ivan, King, Nilla,                              Natia, Kea, Deshell, Harrison Johnathan, Nicholas, Laten, Cody, McKenzie, and Crystal. We were all on our own since we were Asian African Americans we needed land so we became homesteaders I loved being a homesteader but as soon as I knew we had to build a house and grow crops I said this couldn’t get any worse but then again I was wrong my siblings said that we had to stay on this land for 5 years five years you’re kidding right but they said “no.”

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Date: Saturday July 27 1862

It’s my birth day!!!! It’s my birth day. I love it when people get to celebrate me……. BOOM!!!!! Did someone here that I know I heard it I looked out the window and saw pioneers blowing up Native Americans houses, so cruel. Some people died then I saw an enormous explosion that burnt down the whole tribes houses . I told the Native American people to pack up and leave because they were in some big trouble.

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Date: Wednesday August 13, 1862

After the bombing we finally built our civilization. Later, we grew crops but the cows kept eating the maize so we had to buy barbed wire to get the cows from eating the corn. Some of them died but we managed to save our crops. But not this time the harsh weather blowed away the crops and some houses.

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Date: Friday August 30, 1862

Today was finally happening we were going to our grandma’s house in Vermont but the only way to get there is by train so we walked 5 miles toward the east coast of the railroad  once we were there we got on after 2hours later I said hey look out!!!! The train ik,bunch of oversized buffalo that they did it even more they killed some rifle men but let’s thank God no one on the train got hurt.

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Date: Wednesday January 12, 1863

I’m finally back from my grandma’s house in on the farm nick keeps on saying that he can’t plant seeds because of the hard dirt so I had to go and borrow a steel plow from Nicodemus who was born in Nicodeimus Kansas. After nick used it the dirt came up perfect so he could plant the corn that was eaten by the cow.

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Date: Saturday January15 1863

Its Saturday I couldn’t wait until today, today is a special day because I finally get to use the mechanical reaper today I learned that it is used to put crops in bundles. Harrison said “where there is no vision, the people perish —Proverbs 29:18.”

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Date: Saturday, February, 23, 1863

After me and Laten went to pick corn we went to go to sleep but then Joshua woke us up because he found a gold mine. He said wake up wake up I found gold ill race you there. We didn’t find gold but they rushed through our land and got all the gold that we found first.

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Date: Thursday, March, 17 1863

After the pioneers rushed through our territory. We found a Windmill  so but we did find silver once the pioneers found out we have gold they started rushing through our territory like bulls on the rail road we were going to shoot them but we said naw I don’t want to start a another war

This wind mill helped us store water so we could grow crops .Carlike the eldest brother he said that why do we do all this stuff at the same time instead of doing it separate.

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Date: Wednesday, April, 12 1863

Today we were going to meet our brother we never knew about, his name was garrison we had to get on the railroad but I saw Mexican Americans working on another railroad I knew there was something up so I looked outside and saw a white person treating them harsh.

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Date: Friday May, 13, 1864

Crystal and Carlike had a big fight over who’s going to teach the pioneers to be cowboys. So throughout that whole hour was drama. Carlike got to teach the pioneers. After we taught, them they backed fired I said “that’s why you can’t teach pioneers how to be cowboys cowboy’s.”

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Date: Sunday, August, 5 1864

Charolet my cousin was talking to a farmer. She was not ready to finally tell him what happened to his steel plow. The steel plow got broke. Charolet had to sell crops in order to get the plow repaired.  She sold crops like Russian wheat maize and other products pioneers needed.

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Date: June1 1865

Stop don’t do that! Hey we need to work together not apart! We need to cooperate if we want to survive. Stop acting like buffoons we need to work together or we will all die. Carlike and Crystal you to go and get some water. Nicholas and Laten go feed the cattle. King and Harrison fix the water pipe. Cody and Johnathan water the plants. Kea and Deshell pick the crops. Nyla and Nadia make dinner. McKenzie and Ivan clean up around the house. Me and Josh will go and take the cattle for a ride.

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Date: June16 1865

Wong fang my friend was coming to visit. He said that they had to move from their tribal land. It was cold when they left. Everybody was crying and the babies almost died of starvation.

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Date: June 25 1865

When the war started .Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce tribe where fighting so hard to win this battle. General Armstrong was chased by the Nez Perce tribe from Utah all the way to Illinois. Chief Joseph said my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.”

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Date: July 17 1865

I got a letter from Wong today. He described his territory it was160 acres of land. It had towels, pants, shirts, and shoes in the house. The house was rusty but it was home.”