Trip to Oregon and Spread The Word Of God - Essay Example

We just arrived here in Oregon. My parents are missionaries and they wanted to spread the word of God among the natives of Oregon. I begged them to stay and just spread the word of God in Missouri where I can be with my friends but they were insistent. There are not many people here except for the natives and I think we are one of the first settlers. I am exhausted. The journey was quite an adventure passing through the Oregon Trail (Lothes, 2011) before settling here in Willamette Valley.

My parents chose to settle here because this is the most accessible part of Oregon where a series of trails can get anybody here. The Oregon Trail we passed through is a 2,000-mile east-to-west route and I think the trail was made by the fur trappers. The road was horrible especially during “spring when the melting snows and the up-heaving of the frost made mud” (A Portrait of America, 1830) that buries the wheel of our carts. We traveled through the newly invented mode of transport which is a big cart called a wagon.

I am going to make up that birthday with my debut this year. Since the travel was anticipated to be long, we brought foods that can be stored to sustain us during the travel. Among those we brought with us were dried meat, live poultry (yes we brought live chickens with us), potatoes and beans.

I also brought furs and comfortable shirts because the weather can get extremely hot and extremely cold. We met Indians along the road which was also traveling because of the enactment of the Indian Removal Act where they will be relocated.