Delays were caused by severe storms. unseasonably swollen rivers. injury. illness and the call to make repairs on equipment and wagons. The object was to keep moving. The pioneers adjusted to the demands of the trail. The only other choice was turning back or even death. from being on the wrong stretch of the trail at the wrong time of the year. By and large. the California emigration was a family affair. The emigrants banded together in companies of 50 to 100 people for protection and mutual assistance. At mealtime. they usually ate alone with their own families. As night approached. they circled their wagons for protection.
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