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The removal of Indians began in 1831.

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Native Americans shared many common beliefs. One is that they all believed the earth is their mother, therefore land should not be sold in the way the white men sold land.

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I learned that the white men tried to get the indians to leave their land by killing off the buffalo.

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In the 1600's there was about 1,000,000 Indians living from the Rio Grande to Canada.

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When the native Americans caught buffulo they used every single part for something.

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Some people would kill oxen for sport and train drivers would stop for them.

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I learned that Indians cared for animals and the earth.

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Woman were respon

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I learned that Indian boys  and girls would imitate their parents to learn how to do stuff

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Indians used every part of the buffalo and white men simply hunted them for sport.

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I learned that in 1874 more than 3,000,000 buffalo were killed.

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Animals were respected by Native Americans and looked upon them as their brothers. No animal was ever killed for sport.

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The white men killed buffalo for sport.

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I learned that the Seminoles were the last tribe to leave their homeland.

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I learned that the natives believed that if they performed the ghost dance, miraculous things would happen.

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I learned that in 1872-1873 white hunters shot over 1,250,000 buffalo.

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The Americans killed the buffalo for sport by only using the hides and leaving the meat to rot on the plains.

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The Americans killed the buffalo for sport by only using the hides and leaving the meat to rot on the plains.

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ome people were forced to eat their own animals.

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I learned that the Seminoles (an Indian tribe) gave a fight when the whites tried to take their land.

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Indians did a ghost dance and thought it would do crazy things.

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The Indians were kicked out of their own homes.

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I learned that Sitting Bull was a great Sioux chef.

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I learned that Stagecoach Mary has this name because she drove around a stagecoach.

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I learned that there were many heroes who went unknown.

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Nat Love was named the rope champion.

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I learned that Isom Dart was a lawbreaker who didn't harm anyone  but stole cows.

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I learned that Calamity Jane acted more like she was a boy than a girl.

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I learned that Davy Crockett served under Andrew Jackson in the Creek War.

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I learned that Annie Oakley would be able to shoot a card falling, 4 or 5 times before it fell. Also she would be able to shoot 999 out of 1,000 glass objects thrown into the air.

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I learned that Calamity Jane was called "Calamity" because she said that calamity would be the lot of boys that offend her.

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Annie Oakley was called "Little Sure Shot" because of her skill with a rifle.

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I learned that Daniel Boone might be considered America's first frontier hero.

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I learned that Daniel Boone ended up in Missouri and died at the age of 86.

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Annie Oakley married the competitor she bested in a shooting competition.

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Nat Love was an ex-slave from Tennessee.

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Annie Oakley’s real naw was Phoebe Ann Oakley Mozee.

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I learned that Calamity Jane had the largest funeral in the history of Deadwood, South Dakota

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I learned that every town had a livery stable,a blacksmith shop, a general store, a hotel, a saloon, and a newspaper.

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Bill Pickett had a very odd way of wrestling steer as when he had the horns in a firm grip he would clamp down of the steer's upper lip with his teeth.

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The best known black cowboy was Bill Pickett.

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Most of the "bad guys" on the frontier were illiterate and some had the mental age of an 8-12 year old

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I learned that cowboys did hurrah

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I learned that churches cost about 5,000 dollars.

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The roads were very dusty and dry except when it rained so there were wooden sidewalks.

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The general store in frontier towns were usually the most popular.

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Street performers would try to get money by preforming but they earned little.

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I learned that a small house could be bought for only $350.

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A feature characteristic of stores are false fronts. False fronts makes the building look more sturdy and imposing then it actually is.

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In a duel the duelers stands back to back and then agrees to take a certain amount of steps and when a second gives a signal they turn back and fire their pistols.

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If you lived in a town their are many amusements such as jugglers, sword swallowers, and snake charmers.

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At recess students played popular games such as marbles, jacks, and jump rope.

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Acts of nature posed a great threat to the pioneers for example floods, tornadoes, drought, hailstorms, prairie fires, blizzards, intense cold, and fires.

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Older boys helped their fathers with the hardest of tasks for example plowing and plant fields. Older girls helped their mother with household chores for example cooking and washing cloths.

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On the frontier pioneers ate many things made out of corn for example Cornbread and Hoecakes. That is why corn was the staple crop for the pioneers.

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The dangers of building a dugout was that a cow could wander on top of the roof of your house and come crashing though at any time.

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The Santa Fe trail began in Independence, Missouri and runs for 780 mi, to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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I learned that churches cost about $5,000, and a small house could be bought for as little as $350.

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I learned that the first day Guthrie became a community it had 10,000 inhabitants.

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Sometimes cowboys would "hurrah". When they did so, they would ride at top speed into a saloon or hotel and sometimes ride over tables and shot out the lights.

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Native Americans sometimes strolled up and down the streets of towns for interest.

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Street performers earned little money by entertaining.

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Parker was known as "The Hanging Judge".

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I learned that there were many vigilantes and judges upholding the law.

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I learned that the word Vigilante comes from a latin verb meaning to watch

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I learned that many 4th of July celebrations started with patriotic speeches from town leaders.

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There were unwritten laws that people normally obided by.

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Vigilante's would hang people who they thought deserved it.

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People settled things by killing each other.

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I learned there was a judge on the frontier named Roy bean and he made sure justice was served in Texas.

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People would challenge each other to duals and they would turn around and shot each other at the same time.

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Law and order wasn't very secure in Frontier times.

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I learned that in the early days of the frontier, if you misbehaved, you could be WHIPPED as punishment.

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4 days ago ... Definition of whip. (Entry 1 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : to take, pull, snatch, jerk, or otherwise move very quickly and forcefully whipped out his gun- Green Peyton. 2a(1) : to strike with a slender lithe implement (such as a lash or rod) especially as a punishment.

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I learned that when the people got to pick there guns they usually chose a pistol.

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The gold rush of 1849 brought every type of criminal to California, all to prey especially on law abiding men and defenseless miners.

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Judge Parker was known as the "hanging judge" because he ordered so many people to be hanged.

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James B. Hickok was a fearless police officer who knocked out desperadoes with his bare hands.

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The people on the frontier had alcohol drinks served by Judge Roy.

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There was a judge that was called the "Hanging Judge."

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When the frontier shifted to the Mississippi River, dueling became an accepted way of settling differences. They would turn and shoot at the drop of a handkerchief or some other signal.

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Some young children were brought to watch men that were to be hanged in the gallows.

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Public hanging was very popular.

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I learned that court rooms doubled as saloons.

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I learned that people who stole horses got hanged as soon as possible.

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Frontier men settled problems with gun fights.

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People who disobeyed the law got hanged.

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I learned that they gathered in groups a lot.

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If men had energy left they would try to climb a greasy pole or catch a greasy pig.

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Girls had to be satisfied with corn-husk dolls.

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On the fourth of July the dancing after fireworks could last until the 5th!

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They threw cow chips to see how far they would go.

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I learned that many kids didn't get to play with each other very often . when they did, they played tag, hopscotch, and hide and seek.

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I learned that children received toys that were homemade such as wooden tops, and cornhusk dolls.

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I learned that children used to throw cow chips as a competition.