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From: Steffani Kennedy <>
Subject: Re: [IOWA] Frontierswomen update
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 09:49:20 -0500


I'd like the names of these also!! Nancee at

Kathy Hobbs wrote:
>
> I would love the names, Tami. Thanks.
> Kathy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [IOWA] Frontierswomen update
>
> >Doris,
> >
> >You are right, there is little in the history books about the women who
> >really had it hard, they gave birth in a covered wagon and literally had to
> >be ready first thing the next morning to be on the road again or the wagon
> >train would leave without the family. Sickness did not halt a train nor
> >death. They would bury their loved ones on the side of the road and
> couldn't
> >mark the graves because the Indians would come and dig it up to take the
> >clothing and anything else you might have buried with your loved one or the
> >animals would dig it up for food. Then on the road again with no time to
> >grieve the loss of a husband, wife, child, parent. Can we even begin to
> >imagine how hard it was to go for 6 months or more cooking over a campfire
> >with no wood at times, having instead to use buffalo chips (yep, it's what
> >you think it is). Mosquitos would swarm your food but you ate anyway
> because
> >you needed your strength and there could be no wasting food for you only
> had
> >enough to hopefully last the trip. If a wagon train traveled 20 miles in a
> >day that was a "good day," we travel 20 miles in a matter of minutes and
> dare
> >to complain what a hassle it is.
> >
> >If anyone is interested there are many good overland diaries of women, that
> >really give you a sense of what it was like, I would be happy to give you
> >some names of books.
> >
> >Tami
> >
> >
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