Pretend you are a pioneer who traveled in this territory, looking for the perfect place to settle in 1856. Imagine you meet Catharine Paine Blaine and George Gibbs. Write an informative letter of at least five hundred words to your parents back East, telling of what you’ve seen of the landscape, your interaction with the natives, and your impressions of other settlers. Be sure to recall “54 – 40 or Fight” and its results.