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<DIV><FONT size=3>Paulette..could that have been alkali? It foams when we wash
it off the decks after we have had a alkali dust storm.. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>Diane</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=pswitzertatum@peoplepc.com
href="mailto:pswitzertatum@peoplepc.com">Paulette</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots mail list</A> ; <A
title=or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us
href="mailto:or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">or-roots mail list</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 28, 2011 9:04
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [or-roots] Migration and
epidemics</DIV>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>Thanks for
this information. Do you know if there is going to be any discussion of
"Meek's Cutoff" at the conference? After seeing the interesting film recently,
I have been reading what I can find on the subject. I have read that one of
the terrible causes of many deaths on this trail was the bad water when good
could not be located in the desert before they reached The Dalles. Some of the
bad water was alkaline and made people sick, especially the old and the very
young. As provisions were decreasing, some of the people used a white
substance they found that they thought could be a substitute for baking soda
in their bread. Does anyone here know more about
that?</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>Thank,
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<P><FONT color=#000000><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,sans-serif>Paulette</P>
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