https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod en-us 2023-01-26 16:41:13 UTC 2025-12-15 23:49:56 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f40e.png brookemanskie https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2457945385 (The Sager kids were jumping in and out of the wagon - while it was moving - on the way to Oregon one day in August) 
     "When performing this feat that afternoon my dress caught ... and I was thrown under the wagon wheels, both of which passed over me, badly crushing the left leg, before father could stop the oxen."
     Catherine's dad jumped out of the wagon and grabbed his daughter.
     "My dear child, your leg is broken all to pieces!" 
     A doctor from a different wagon put her leg in a cast and they all got back on the road. 
     This shows how tough and strong Catherine Sager really was as a kid on the 6-month Oregon Trail, on which people were lucky to make across. ]]> 2023-01-26 17:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2457945385 brookemanskie https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2461823871      The San Jacinto River is where Texas -Americans finally won their independence from Mexico. Their world-famous battle cry was "Remember the Alamo!! Remember Goliad!!" This was their battle cry because, before the San Jacinto Battle, they had lost horribly to the Mexicans at both the Battle of Alamo and the Battle of Goliad, so they shouted this in order to remember that they needed to get complete revenge. Clearly, this helped a lot because they were able to stay focused and win the Battle at San Jacinto.]]> 2023-01-30 17:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2461823871 brookemanskie https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2461823967       'Buffalo chips,' also known as dried buffalo dung, was very important to Westward Expansion because people would use it as fuel for cooking. For example, when someone was trying to light a fire to make soup, they would grab some dry buffalo manure off the ground and throw it into the fire to start the fire up. Clearly, buffalo chips were significant to Westward Expansion for their usefulness in cooking and lighting fires.]]> 2023-01-30 17:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2461823967 brookemanskie https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2461826524       Once the Louisiana Purchase was final, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were given a group called the Corps of Discovery and were told to go explore the Wild West. However, once they got there, they had some trouble communicating with the Native Americans. So, they hired a Shoshone woman named Sacagawea, who was able to guide them to the west, interpreting between Native Americans and the Corps of Discovery along the way. She was also able to make and find food for everyone. Thankfully, she was successful in taking the Corps of Discovery all the way to the West Coast.]]> 2023-01-30 17:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2461826524 https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2496689743 2023-02-27 16:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/brookemanskie/jeg6bsacm32kljod/wish/2496689743