Mr. McCoy is now the wagon train leader he is very bossy. We had a fair election and he just had more votes. Right away he made sure everyone new he was in charge he left the Hatfield's behind and also the Murray's who became sick to.
Tyler Mr. Solarz's nephew got sick but we didn't tell Mr. McCoy because we were afraid he would send all of us home then we would have to wait for the next wagon train. But oddly enough when we were all making sure Tyler was okay, a stranger just comes walking up and asks if Tyler is sick, he claims he has a cure, snake oil. We have heard bad things about snake oil so we tried to bargain it down but he said "I will take it down as low as 40 dollars" But we decided to take the risk and not buy it.
The maggots infested our food and there are more maggots than flour. This is really bad but luckily Fort Laramie is coming up so we can stock up on all of the things we lost in the river, and that the maggots infested.
We have also seen so many gravestones along the trail there are on average of 10 deaths per mile. It is so sad seeing all the people who died from all of the many ways to die along the Oregon Trail. Every time we pass a grave marker I feel like everyone gets even more depressed and sad.