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“Of the estimated 350,000 who started the journey, disease may have claimed as many as 30,000 victims. Since the trail was 2,000 miles, this would indicate that there was an average of 10-15 deaths per mile. “
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Wouldn't it make more sense to assume that the fatalities would be concentrated in more dangerous areas and reached therin an average of many more deaths per mile?
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