In a Recurring Example of Cross-Cultural Misunderstanding,white Emigrants on the Oregon

question 38

Multiple Choice

In a recurring example of cross-cultural misunderstanding,white emigrants on the Oregon Trail often believed they were under imminent attack by Native Americans when

• A) Native groups were actually approaching the wagon trains to demand money and food.
• B) Native groups were in fact attempting to guide white settlers past more hostile Native groups.
• C) the emigrants saw columns of smoke on the horizon, which they assumed to be signs of homes being burned.
• D) the emigrants imagined that herds of buffalo were accompanied by hunting bands of Native Americans.

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