Circling The Wagons
Many of us of a certain age remember playing the computer game "Oregon Trail" as kids. In it, you play as a group of settlers traveling West through wild and scarcely populated territory toward the coast. During the journey, you face many hardships, from snake bites to diseases to tornadoes to food spoilage.
In the 1800s, this wasn't just a game for American settlers. Many thousands of travelers braved the unknown wilderness and its many challenges to create a better life for themselves at their destination. Some of those challenges, such as