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California Gold Rush | The Forty Niners | 2
American History Tellers
The Cholera Monster
Sarah Royce set out for California from Iowa in the spring of 1849, along with her two-year-old daughter and husband Josiah. Sarah agreed to care for an old man in her party who had been struck with cholera Generously, she let him crawl into the bed in her family wagon and ride between her and her daughter She could only watch helplessly as spasms racked his whole body Diseases like cholera were a constant worry Outbreaks killed hundreds of would-be 49ers in St. Louis, then followed the settlers on the trail west. In 1849 alone, 90,000 people made their way to California but not all went willingly.
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