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Today i found out that my family and I
are moving, only due to the fact that my
parents found an article in the
newspaper about something called a
manifest destiny. We bought a moving
wagon and a new horse for the trip. I
just hope that this manifest destiny
thing is not some disease because a good
portion of the town is moving as well.
It's time for us to leave now, us and forty other families.
Mom and dad still won't tell me where we are going, again
all they mention is something about that destiny stuff. They
just said we are going somewhere past the Appalachians. I
do recall reading something about a man name John O'
Sullivan. He pushing for many things such as gaining more
land for the U.S., and he persuades everyone to travel west.
Again he brings up this manifest destiny thing, but maybe
this is why my parents wont tell me me where we are
going. They don't want me to know that we have no idea
where we are going.It's not all that bad though, my friend
Tom is one of the families that is going so I wont be all that
lonely. There are a couple more kids so I think we will
become friends sooner or later.
It's been about three days and I'm very bored.
There is nothing to do here, well, at the
moment. It cant be that bad as the journey
goes on. I mean, all I'm eating is some corn
bread and some (only a tiny bit) of meat. My
dad says we need to ration food but i think its
pointless. There has to be more hunting along
the way for food. Also today, I found out some
extraordinary news that came when we passed
the trading post. The Texas Territory had been
annexed into the U.S. So this idea of Manifest
Destiny that that John guy was talking about has
been coming true all around me. America is
expanding west!
It is crazy around here at the next trading post.
Everyone is talking about Oregon Fever. I
really hope people are just kidding about it
being a fever because that would be bad. But I
later found out that they were not talking about
an actual fever. They were talking about the
place oregon and how its supposed to be
amazing with enough land to have thousands of
acres of property! Man! Everyone has gotten
me excited for this place. Maybe, just maybe,
this is the place that we are heading to. I don't
know for sure but I'm counting on it!
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Today i found out that my family and I
are moving, only due to the fact that my
parents found an article in the
newspaper about something called a
manifest destiny. We bought a moving
wagon and a new horse for the trip. I
just hope that this manifest destiny
thing is not some disease because a good
portion of the town is moving as well.
It's time for us to leave now, us and forty other families.
Mom and dad still won't tell me where we are going, again
all they mention is something about that destiny stuff. They
just said we are going somewhere past the Appalachians. I
do recall reading something about a man name John O'
Sullivan. He pushing for many things such as gaining more
land for the U.S., and he persuades everyone to travel west.
Again he brings up this manifest destiny thing, but maybe
this is why my parents wont tell me me where we are
going. They don't want me to know that we have no idea
where we are going.It's not all that bad though, my friend
Tom is one of the families that is going so I wont be all that
lonely. There are a couple more kids so I think we will
become friends sooner or later.
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