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Vangeem key 2
- 1. Austin’s Colony By: Kegan VanGeem
- 2. Getting there This is our wagon
- 3. Getting there…again Our hard work house
- 4. 1822-work, work, work 1822, working in fields
- 5. 1822-Melda Me milking Melda
- 6. 1823-Illness My Friend is sick
- 7. 1823-High in Cattle Continuing the Cattle
- 8. 1824-Fall into routine We fell into Routine.
- 9. 1824-Almost Done For Our slave, Bogey
- 10. Afterwards-Money! Money, Dough, Mula
- 11. Afterwards-Staying! We are staying!
- 12. Citations-websites for pics • Dupuy, Nancy. coveredwagon1.jpg. August 4, 2003. Pics4Learning. 1 Dec 2011 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>Tompkinscabin-Fort Worth. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.logcabinvillage.org/tour-thompkins.html>. • , and First Last. Scene of Women Picking Cotton. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/WinedaleStory/green4.html>. • Farmers Milking a Cow in Switzerland. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.imageenvision.com/free_pictures/cattle_1.html>. • Flue and Fever. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/hledej.php?hleda=sick in bed>. • cattle on a farm in Betenburg. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.imageenvision.com/free_pictures/cattle_1.html>. • Cow and Village, Gudvangen, Sognefjord, Norway. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.imageenvision.com/free_pictures/cattle_1.html>. • , and First Last. Rhone Family Portrait, ca. 1900.. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.cah.utexas.edu/exhibits/WinedaleStory/green4.html>. • Carey, Chris. money100.jpg. 1-Mar. Pics4Learning. 1 Dec 2011 http://pics.tech4learning.com • , and First Last. vintage suitcase with stickers. 2011. Photograph. n.p. Web. 1 Dec 2011. <http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/hledej.php?hleda=luggage>.
Hinweis der Redaktion
- This is my project about Stephen F. Austin’s colony and living there.
- There are five people in my family but, as you can see, our covered wagon didn’t have that much room. We were traveling with another family (my friend Livinia’s) too! We did have plenty of chores to keep us busy though. And it felt all the better when we finally got off the wagon and built our home.
- It took us a while to get there but when we did, we made it for 1600 acres of land. And we were glad too, because a house made with hard work sure has a lot more room than a covered wagon. But, we didn’t get much time to rest. It’s all work work work. And one room that you have to share with your sisters and the kitchen equipment and the outhouse…
- My twin sister, Renata, and I worked in the fields with the cattle in 1822. Papa hadn’t invested high in cattle so with the two of us, work was a breeze. My big sister, Mikayla, and my mom chopped lumbar and my Dad and two slaves picked cotton. The year was going pretty smoothly…before the storms…
- Melda was my favorite cow out of all of them. Here I am milking her. She died in mid July though. By the end of the year we had only made $300.00 profit. The money you get from hard work makes you feel better after a death…And of course that’s more to invest for a new favorite cow next year.
- In 1823 illness broke out over the colony. One of my good friends, Felicity, got sick with pneumonia and died. We all worked harder for her and the others who died and that wasn’t easy because Mexico was refusing cotton exports through the laws they had issued. But with Stephen F. Austin coming back we all felt safer to work harder for our money.
- In 1823 Papa invested high in cattle so I had a lot of work to do. I had to: Milk, herd, feed, breed, groom, and raise the cattle. Luckily we got a great return amount and raised three times what we invested. Papa was so proud of us, that he let us poor the first glass of milk for the new year!
- By the time 1824 came around, we fell into a routine. Early in the morning you wake up and make some eggs (If there are any) and get dressed in appropriate clothing for cattle ranching. Then you go out and herd the cattle out into the pasture and let them graze and stuff. Then feed them and watch them for hours and hours and…
- In January, 1824 one of our slaves, Bogey, got sick for a while. It scared us because we had invested high in cotton, her area of work. But by June, she was well enough to stay on her feet and pick the cotton. Our profit for the year, with and without her, was 4x what we had when we came here. Everyone was so happy, even my uptight big sister!
- A little over 4,000 $ is a lot of money. Especially considering that from the start we only had 1,000. We had enough money to renovate our house! I no longer had to share a room with my sisters and my snoring Dad! We celebrated with a huge feast. The gleam in my father’s eye was so inspiring. I was actually happy that we had come.
- So with over 4000 dollars we decided to stay. We renovated our house and made the cattle barn bigger so we could invest higher and unpacked our suitcases and stayed. And I’m actually happy that we did (miraculously). Three years ago my dad took us to Austin’s colony to start a new life. Boy am I glad he did!
- I hope you enjoyed my project especially the pictures from the sites above: pics4learning, log cabin village, Windale Story, Cattle in the snow, and Public Domain. Thank you!