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INTRODUCTION
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one of the longest pilgrimages mentioned in history. Their hardships were so severe that every mile of the long journey could have been marked with graves of those who fell along the way. Truly the Oregon emigrants[1] were no less Pilgrims and Cavaliers than were the colonists of Plymouth and Jamestown.
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- ↑ In the history of the Northwest the terms 'emigrants' and 'emigration' have commonly been used instead of 'immigrants' and 'immigration'."—History of the Pacific Northwest.