INTO THE WILD

Traveling in the Old West was a very long and tiring journey. Not because there were no fast means of transportation, but also because the road maps were still scarce and incomplete. Their travels were either due to migration, business, or expedition. There were also instances that traveling became dangerous because there were several territorial Native American tribes.

One case was the Oatman family’s murder, credited to the Yavapai tribe. This photo may recount a family of three generations migrating to who knows where. It seemed that all twelve of them were able to fit in one carriage.