The American West 03 - Wagon Trails to the West (1849) - from Timelines.tv

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  • A 14-year-old girl describes a great American adventure, crossing the Plains by wagon on a 2000-mile journey west. (9.25 mins)
    In 1848, the Hester family from Indiana embarked on an epic journey west by covered wagon to California. Their 14-year-old daughter Sallie wrote a diary describing the experience, and this module tells her story. It follows the Hesters across the Plains and over the treacherous Sierra Nevadas - past the place where the Donner Party met their grisly end just three years earlier.
    Written and directed by Andrew Chater.
    Originally commissioned and broadcast by the BBC.
    Copyright Andrew Chater / Lodestar Productions / Timelines.tv, streamed with the BBC's consent.
    Watch the full American West resource in an interactive timeline at www.timelines.tv

Komentáře • 248

  • @theozzie_3471
    @theozzie_3471 Před 4 lety +45

    bruh im only here because of my quarantine homeschool and if someone recognizes me from school then thats kewl

  • @leon-rv1on
    @leon-rv1on Před 4 lety +32

    even on 1.25 speed it still feels like an hour

    • @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499
      @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499 Před 4 lety

      yes

    • @mihail8120
      @mihail8120 Před 3 lety

      You can put it on 2× its still "normal"😂

    • @uhtoji
      @uhtoji Před 3 lety +1

      To make it faster, click the three dots next to "save" and click "open transcript" and read it through and write down what you need. This works on computers.

    • @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499
      @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499 Před 3 lety

      @@raleighlandell9083 Yep

  • @alexa2178
    @alexa2178 Před 4 lety +38

    Who else is here because of learning about the Oregon trail in school?

  • @frizzyisdizzy
    @frizzyisdizzy Před 4 lety +79

    9.5 minutes have never been this long

  • @BerruecosPHOTOStudio
    @BerruecosPHOTOStudio Před 6 lety +186

    Who else is here cause of school

  • @nidajameel
    @nidajameel Před 4 lety +162

    Who’s here because of Quarentine home school.

  • @heidifarquhar764
    @heidifarquhar764 Před 3 lety +14

    thanks to whoever made this. now i have to watch this for homework and i feel like i’ve been sitting her for hours 😃

  • @Mrlolibre
    @Mrlolibre Před 7 lety +31

    LOL i can't imagine the differences of narration of a 14 year old girl in 2017 compared to the girl in the video.

  • @thegamergods7025
    @thegamergods7025 Před 3 lety +2

    I can't wait to watch this once and then have millions of videos about American History on my recommended

  • @jasonpalacios1363
    @jasonpalacios1363 Před 6 lety +35

    I can't wrap my fingers on how these people managed to go west without any cars,interstates and hotels.

    • @evanclark5134
      @evanclark5134 Před 5 lety +3

      theres this thing called a cart

    • @Senator_Senart
      @Senator_Senart Před 4 lety +8

      😂 Oh shit Jason you are funny....people got around for thousands of years without those things...there spirits probably think we are a bunch of lazy f**** driving around in our cars.

    • @shazza160
      @shazza160 Před 3 lety +1

      Don’t bother worrying about that. It will tax your millennial brain.

    • @enriquepenanieto3582
      @enriquepenanieto3582 Před 2 lety

      Bruh your people lit walked their asses most of the time all the way mad respect 4 that

    • @nishalmehta1624
      @nishalmehta1624 Před rokem

      They had to go west to build those things

  • @idontgivethreeoofs7442
    @idontgivethreeoofs7442 Před 4 lety +16

    anyone here cause of school

  • @pebbleschun7581
    @pebbleschun7581 Před 4 lety +4

    Why did this pop up in my recommended 4 yrs after i learned abt Oregon trail at school :\

  • @whateverisaywascap663
    @whateverisaywascap663 Před 4 lety +4

    Damn it all. Why do i have to watch this......

  • @kds_unwanted6662
    @kds_unwanted6662 Před 4 lety +60

    Who is here cuz coronavirus. And y’all have online class

  • @lnedeff
    @lnedeff Před 8 lety +9

    Well done first-hand account for elementary students helps set understanding of life on the trails west.

  • @melaroha8003
    @melaroha8003 Před 9 lety +6

    reminds me of the ingalls family great video

  • @kytheoofer4495
    @kytheoofer4495 Před 4 lety +1

    Quarantine school is the reason I’m here lol:(

  • @akaninyang585
    @akaninyang585 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome presentation, from Africa with love

  • @Billtilghman1108
    @Billtilghman1108 Před 4 lety +2

    those people were very brave!! and had a lot of courage

  • @gerrysstruffle3535
    @gerrysstruffle3535 Před 4 lety +2

    thank you playback speed x2

  • @matthewfrost2513
    @matthewfrost2513 Před 2 měsíci

    I'm here because of The Shining. There's a scene where Jack is telling his family an incident of cannibalism when a group of pioneers get snowed in during "covered wagon times"... Had to look up "covered wagon times" out of interest, and the first half decent video I come across references the incident mentioned in the film, small world.

  • @kooperhamlin5812
    @kooperhamlin5812 Před 3 lety +1

    I’ve been here for years

  • @BobbieXxoo
    @BobbieXxoo Před 3 lety +3

    What amazing, courageous people.

  • @BrandyTexas214
    @BrandyTexas214 Před 3 lety +1

    The pbs documentary about Donner trail is the best

  • @destinyguy5255
    @destinyguy5255 Před 9 lety +4

    thank you

  • @bonniehernandez6234
    @bonniehernandez6234 Před 3 lety +1

    I love that you used primary sources !🥰

  • @javaughnb.4496
    @javaughnb.4496 Před 6 lety +16

    Can't look at her the same after they mention cannibalism

  • @noobiii
    @noobiii Před 3 lety

    i was pressing the right arrow key the entire way through and it still felt like an eternity

  • @katherineewalters
    @katherineewalters Před 4 lety +3

    im here because Quarentine

  • @kelly3014
    @kelly3014 Před 7 lety +5

    Love this!

  • @meaninglessly.meaningful
    @meaninglessly.meaningful Před 4 lety +3

    The video quality though, it looks like it was acc made in 1849

  • @natasiapayton3085
    @natasiapayton3085 Před 8 lety +9

    This gives a lot of details.

  • @bobbyhughes3840
    @bobbyhughes3840 Před 5 lety +7

    Can someone brief this for me cba waching it got hw

    • @uhtoji
      @uhtoji Před 3 lety +1

      click "open transcript" and read it through and write down what you need if you are on a computer

  • @garyteague4480
    @garyteague4480 Před 3 lety +1

    I love this ! This is your heritage ! And you all need to watch and learn and be grateful

    • @Rob774
      @Rob774 Před 2 lety

      Respectfully... this isn't everyone's heritage. And being grateful is a relative point of view.

  • @gurk6969
    @gurk6969 Před 3 lety +2

    Anyone know the song in the back?

  • @FetchTheSled
    @FetchTheSled Před 7 lety

    "Roughing it" by Mark Twain is also a good account of crossing from St Joe.

  • @antoniafelix3883
    @antoniafelix3883 Před 4 lety

    I loooove the video hehe

  • @Urmom-cr7xl
    @Urmom-cr7xl Před 4 lety +4

    I’m here from online learning

  • @jesseorozco5243
    @jesseorozco5243 Před 4 lety

    Great story

  • @karenwright9123
    @karenwright9123 Před 3 lety

    We are still strangers in a strange land, and it gets stranger everyday.

  • @recabitejehonadab2654
    @recabitejehonadab2654 Před 4 lety +1

    Man that was a long rough trip!!

  • @Irishloor2021
    @Irishloor2021 Před 6 lety +1

    does anyone know how i could add Spanish subtitles to this video after i download it? Wanting to have the video in a powerpoint presentation but need subtitles for my ESL kids

  • @gurk6969
    @gurk6969 Před rokem +1

    What’s the song?

  • @hbreaker3698
    @hbreaker3698 Před 8 lety +3

    I searched up my hockey team trails west wolves and I found this...

  • @rebeccahammontree3328
    @rebeccahammontree3328 Před 6 lety +1

    OK. Can we get permission to show this at a museum event? PLEASE advise!

  • @maryreyes8574
    @maryreyes8574 Před 5 lety +2

    I like all of it

  • @gdaiko3096
    @gdaiko3096 Před 3 lety

    9 mins of pain

  • @eirickabraga3228
    @eirickabraga3228 Před 4 lety

    how to be terrified watch this video

  • @Chax230
    @Chax230 Před 8 lety +1

    anyone know the name of the peice of music at the start?

  • @royramey5659
    @royramey5659 Před 2 lety +1

    The Donner Party were stupid all they had to do was back track 30 miles around where Reno is now and stay the winter with the friendly Piuete indians . The snow does,t get deep there , i know iv'e lived in these mountains all my life, and i,m almost 70 yrs old

  • @ZyKLonBē
    @ZyKLonBē Před 5 lety

    It probably was a very hard life but at least it was filled with adventure and excitement.. 21st century is more convenient and comfortable but lacks adventure. Unless you’re an astronaut there’s nothing more to discover

  • @Mona-vp9pe
    @Mona-vp9pe Před 4 lety +1

    Since we all agree that we're here bc of online class....Where are you guys from?

  • @geffreybolster3780
    @geffreybolster3780 Před 4 lety

    Wow! What a time that was. 'The Good 'ol Days' , not so much.
    'Eating each other' hmm? How does that work?!

  • @garyacker7388
    @garyacker7388 Před 2 lety

    Because she and others wrote things down in perfect grammar. Imagine if you will think about our history on a "thumb drive ". How could anyone in the future decifer what we have on them?

  • @personthehuman
    @personthehuman Před 4 lety

    Why do they show the truck

  • @davidrte.664
    @davidrte.664 Před 3 lety

    I see a lot of young ones are sniveling because they have to do this for homework. Well suck it up buttercup life gets a whole lot harder than this.

  • @karlshaner2453
    @karlshaner2453 Před 6 lety +5

    The first pioneers were probably far earlier than this.

  • @kimiskizi420
    @kimiskizi420 Před 10 lety

    she should of said the reason the Donner Party got to the seirra nevada late and worn out was because hastings gave them untested directions and said it was a safe shortcut, it took them weeks longer to navigate the route and they took a major loss going thru the desert.which wore them out and made them late. and something like the night they made it to the pass they got 5 feet of snow. was hastings fault for the whole tragedy

    • @tilesetter1953
      @tilesetter1953 Před 6 lety

      kimiskizi420. What you say is correct but they share some responsibility: they did not have to take the shortcut. Personal experience has tought me to trust no one, not even good friends sometimes. They did not even know Hastings....

    • @ohwhatelse
      @ohwhatelse Před 5 lety

      kimiskizi420 ...The unbelievable lack of good judgement was a severe tragedy. However, all the blame wrongfully lands on leaders- though ppl ought to be individuals and think independently. i, myself, do not blindly follow others. That is, thankfully, because a 5th grade teacher taught me to BE AN INDIVIDUAL, independent thinker. We should always gather our own info, facts, & carefully weigh the odds ourselves! I have stayed out of trouble that way, more than once! No one can be blamed for our OWN lack of good judgement! THEY SHOULD 'NOT HAVE JUST 'FOLLOWED' ANYONE, NOT KNOWING THE FULL FACTS! 'NOT AT THAT TIME OF YR.!

  • @enriquepenanieto3582
    @enriquepenanieto3582 Před 2 lety

    It is sad to see most of the comments here are coming from kids who just came here for their home work and their ancestors fighting against everything like beasts for a new life
    It feels like most of them just don't give a fck about their past, even tho my people and most of the people around the world hate US for being invasive, imperialist, etc.
    I feel it is one of the greatest empires that humanity ever reached involving every social, technological, and many other aspect you could imagine I really belive we could reach level 1 civilization if we had this kind of people of the past, with hunger to know always more and achive everything they wanted 👍

  • @saniamahi1930
    @saniamahi1930 Před 5 lety +3

    It’s Sallie’s Mom who is sick it’s not her Dad !

  • @taylorp3868
    @taylorp3868 Před 4 lety +1

    feels a lot more like an hour than 9.5 minutes

  • @kanyko7669
    @kanyko7669 Před 7 lety +5

    need to write a 300 words document in french from this for my english lessons, FML

    • @evanclark5134
      @evanclark5134 Před 5 lety +1

      jeez that sucks

    • @juliapreston4259
      @juliapreston4259 Před 5 lety +1

      I only have to write one paragraph from any pioneer video. and you can tell ive been skipping english classes by my spelling .

    • @moonwabbitakathebestcookie
      @moonwabbitakathebestcookie Před 4 lety +1

      I have to do something probably bigger; I’m writing and also acting my own play with three other peeps (directing and writing script).

    • @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499
      @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499 Před 4 lety

      holy shit-

  • @ohwhatelse
    @ohwhatelse Před 5 lety

    ...as for the Donner party, I don't understand why they didn't winter in a safer, lower area instead of trying the pass at that time, so late in the yr., even if they had to backtrack! It's a miracle that anyone survived! And, as the strongest will being to survive, I can't blame them for eating whatever there was available for sustenance, even though it is repulsive when you, yourself, are not starved near to death.... Sad.
    The unbelievable lack of good judgement was a severe tragedy. However, all the blame wrongfully lands on leaders- though ppl ought to be individuals and think independently.
    I, myself, do not blindly follow others. That is, thankfully, because a 5th grade teacher taught me to BE AN INDIVIDUAL, independent thinker. We should always gather our own info, facts, & carefully weigh the odds ourselves! I have stayed out of trouble that way, more than once! No one can be blamed for our OWN lack of good judgement! THEY SHOULD 'NOT' HAVE FOLLOWED ANYONE, NOT KNOWING THE FULL FACTS! 'NOT AT THAT TIME OF YR.!

  • @nickdonated1milliondollars273

    who is here cuz of school

  • @trickzzray5577
    @trickzzray5577 Před 4 lety +1

    Whos here cause of the continental railroad

  • @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499

    Who's watching this for history homework (In lockdown / Quarantine)

  • @TurboRonin83
    @TurboRonin83 Před 2 lety

    Not trying to sound macabre, but what happened if their wagon horses died?

    • @JC-uk3iz
      @JC-uk3iz Před rokem

      Good question! For the most part, travelers used oxen instead of horses to pull the wagons, and typically they would keep extra oxen so that they could rotate them as necessary. Having extra oxen meant they could continue on if one died, and they could use the oxen as food if game was scarce and provisions low.
      Wagon parties were typically fairly large, so it was highly unlikely to lose all oxen, but there are cases of wagons having to be abandoned, along with supplies that didn't fit on the remaining wagons.

  • @kmendless4295
    @kmendless4295 Před 6 lety

    i have to wright an A-Z book for the oregon trail and this is letter C

  • @LivingHistorySchool
    @LivingHistorySchool Před 7 lety +5

    most immigrants were not the poor but the middle class

    • @shirleybalinski4535
      @shirleybalinski4535 Před rokem

      Most were those who everything to gain & nothing to lose. You generally don't leave a nice home, a good job, extended family, social roots, peaceful surroundings, schools, churches to venture into the unknown. Ask yourself..would you ( with no guarantees)? Most were lower middle class, landless/ penniless folks. Later after the RR & the west was basically settled, then the true middle class came.

  • @zsedcftglkjh
    @zsedcftglkjh Před 3 lety

    I'm here because I want to learn, NOT for school!

  • @colinchristensen177
    @colinchristensen177 Před 6 lety

    Is this a primary or secondary source? Please help a student out.

    • @vyvylyntran9109
      @vyvylyntran9109 Před 6 lety

      AHJJAHAHA ^^

    • @l6w9
      @l6w9 Před 6 lety

      why the hell are you guys here

    • @l6w9
      @l6w9 Před 6 lety

      castro or whoral

    • @javaughnb.4496
      @javaughnb.4496 Před 6 lety

      2nd, but the quotes are primary, might as well look for the diaries themselves if you are looking for Primary
      I know this is late but.....

  • @mobileshop7176
    @mobileshop7176 Před 2 lety +1

    America
    People of
    Americ and
    History of
    America
    All of thim
    Great and nice
    Excuse my
    I am not good in
    English speaking
    Thanks ٠٠٠

  • @user-cx3jn7cq8e
    @user-cx3jn7cq8e Před rokem

    I just read that it isn't totally true that indians were dangerous. They were mostly peaceful and looked forward to trading.

  • @ghostly9450
    @ghostly9450 Před 2 lety

    wowza what a bad minidoc

  • @funnyfails1275
    @funnyfails1275 Před 3 lety +1

    Hallo Klasse 8b

  • @Hockeyisfun52
    @Hockeyisfun52 Před 4 lety

    im in school rn

  • @inesinesta2739
    @inesinesta2739 Před 4 lety

    The same as me

  • @ursavagex2680
    @ursavagex2680 Před 3 lety

    Quarentine school

  • @theodorwimbert452
    @theodorwimbert452 Před 4 lety +2

    Wo sind die Deutschen?😂

  • @kingyerghin7025
    @kingyerghin7025 Před 4 lety

    someone summarise the video

    • @kingyerghin7025
      @kingyerghin7025 Před 4 lety

      FHURTUE do u want my notes for this or did u already do it

  • @zimmergameszimmerc6077

    The black pleasure of 1347 killed all of eroupe almost

  • @hrj16x31
    @hrj16x31 Před 7 lety +1

    nice vid

    • @ohwhatelse
      @ohwhatelse Před 5 lety

      HRJ16 X ...oh, I'm sure they didn't tell the kids what kind of meat they were eating...

  • @sadiealexis6613
    @sadiealexis6613 Před 4 lety

    Whose here for quality school

  • @vwongv
    @vwongv Před 4 lety

    Land of Kickapoo. The whites ended taking their land. They had immigrate to Mexico after being kicked out of their territory. Eventually they were granted a small piece of land in Eagle Pass Texas.

  • @Fireboy_Gamez
    @Fireboy_Gamez Před 3 lety +1

    Pov: Ur from British america or other

  • @LoveTexasToast
    @LoveTexasToast Před 3 lety

    I'm in 9th grade, what about ya'll?

  • @letty4294
    @letty4294 Před 6 lety +3

    Kill me now..whos here because your studying Oregon trail...killll meeeeeeeee😒

    • @kimberleysmith818
      @kimberleysmith818 Před 6 lety

      Letizia Luciano I’m here because I’m English and we never studied this really in school. I have a degree in history (years ago now!) but it was predominantly medieval history which is my fave but the older I get the more interested in other things.

    • @moonwabbitakathebestcookie
      @moonwabbitakathebestcookie Před 4 lety

      Me |:/

    • @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499
      @ipromiseyoudontknowme4499 Před 4 lety

      Wild West

  • @danielcruzG5150
    @danielcruzG5150 Před 3 lety

    bruh 9 minutes

  • @tbill647
    @tbill647 Před 4 lety

    so they made thru Pawnee nation w/o seeing 1 indian? no mention of buffalo? hardly plausible

  • @cherimolina2121
    @cherimolina2121 Před 3 lety

    Indians were seldom on their heels. That's a myth. Until they started slaughtering the buffalo for sport. And the Donner party got to sierras too late because they took the Hastings cutoff...a miserable passage, if one could call it that!

  • @saraparra11
    @saraparra11 Před 4 lety

    School-

  • @Limba777
    @Limba777 Před 3 lety

    Who else is watching because it is interesting? -Not for school.

  • @drae1770
    @drae1770 Před 4 lety

    sepaz

  • @marshawnc9764
    @marshawnc9764 Před 4 lety

    Me

  • @inesinesta2739
    @inesinesta2739 Před 4 lety

    Jajaj

  • @anobody389
    @anobody389 Před 4 lety

    I am

  • @gauravsatyal4779
    @gauravsatyal4779 Před 4 lety

    i am

  • @janecantdance7369
    @janecantdance7369 Před 3 lety

    GCSE OCR B Spec: Making of America spec wya

  • @bobthekingdom6326
    @bobthekingdom6326 Před 4 lety

    who here also caues of school E

  • @sunandsteel117
    @sunandsteel117 Před 8 lety

    i was forced to watch this shit instead of shitposting