Ten percent of travelers attempting the Oregon Trail died along the way, often from disease, infection, or injury, although there were plenty of weird, disgusting and otherwise ghastly deaths, as well. Here are some of the stranger stories.
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The boy with worms in his legs | 0:00
Cholera takes the Freel Family | 1:15
Crushed by wagon wheel | 2:16
Contaminated milk | 3:16
Drunk driving | 4:06
John Shotwell, bad shot | 4:58
A fight to the death | 5:41
Crush injury | 6:30
The Ward Party massacre | 7:26
Raid on the Utter-Van Ornum party | 8:35
Overeating and cannibalism | 9:54
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