The Deadliest Wagon Train On The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail was one of the primary routes for American settlers heading from the Eastern States out to the Wild West. There was one major problem, though: the West wasn't actually wild, as it was already settled - by the Native people who had lived there for thousands of years. And though most wagon trains actually made the journey peacefully, once they began stopping to colonize the area rather than just pass through, resistance began - and with it came violence.

Between 1840 and 1860, 362 settlers and 426 indigenous people died in clashes along the Oregon Trail. But no incident claimed more lives than the Utter-Van Ornum Massacre - the deadliest wagon train on the Oregon Trail.

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[GrungeHQ]

How do you think you would have done if you had to trek the Oregon Trail?

[tigerpisces]

My ancestors came West in 1847 to Utah. There was one wagon train called the Applegate Company of 1853. There is a children's headstone dated 1853 in Salt Lake. It's obvious by date of deaths that 22 children ages 17-new born infants died along the way West, from Iowa to Utah. There were 22 wagons and 200 pioneers. That is a 10% death rate just among the children. The number of adults that died along the way are not mentioned. My 3rd great grandfather's first wife died in the Winter Quarters in 1847. It was no picnic going West. And then when they got to Utah; the Utah Indian wars with Utes took many more victims on both sides. My 3rd great grandfather James Russell Ivie, was slaughtered by Utes on 10 June, 1866, Scipio, Millard County, Utah.

[michaelniemeyer]

Those people where tough. A lot more tougher than we have today, and that includes me.

[JohnDoe-rtjz]

I remember the PC game on floppy-disk 😂

[hackprine]

Is that where the term eat me comes from?

[patwiggins]

Seems the people went to cannibalism pretty quickly. I know you can survive for a while, not forever, if you can get water. And you're telling me they were unable to forage for field mice or something like that. How green were these greenhorns? Nope, first sign of trouble eat a relative. It's like it was there all the time and they just needed an excuse

[IKEMENOsakaman]

I think the oregon trail is really overrated and admired in a wrong way. I mean, I also like reading about and watching movies about the Oregon trail, it's romantic and adventurous. But at the same time, it should've been something like injury, sickness, fights, battle, sickness, sickness, diahrrea, injury, and miscarriage...

[c-notedaproducer]

My last name is Utter. I’ve heard this story several times and own the book.

[c.w.johnsonjr]

What movies were used in making this video? I recognized The Revenant and Dances With Wolves

[alanstrong]

I missed nothing. Flying there is good enough.

[neil]

What's for dinner tonight? Your Uncle Henry!

[jcicalachicala]

Wagon trains. A beautiful artifact in these days!

[salempoor]

The West wasn't wild, it was already settled peacefully by the people that live there for a thousand years. With the exception of the Cherokee and a few other tribes that slaughtered and enslaved all of the other tribes

[BADALICE]

Name one established Wild man savage Indian Settlmwnt on the Oregon Trail.

[brentfavre]

Not Native.... Bering Land Bridge and all that

[johnmorgan]

Smith! 69"
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I remember as a boy "
I Played cowboys and
INDIGENOUS "people "?🤔😜
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LORD! please"
Titus 2v13!
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But your will be done

[svetlanaivnitskaya]

Never again will this union be divided unless it’s over Trump!

[BADALICE]

Yes it was wild. You are talking about savages.

[wolfmanrob]

"Naturally the white folks wouldn't let us in there circle so me made our own." If you what this is from you have a great sense of humor. Don't post the answer just post your favorite line let's see how many we can get.