Most of those who do are from Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. Some have slaves. American - They live in log cabins. Furniture is homemade. They eat salt pork and cornbread.
Most people are farmers.
Ax, gun, few simple tools. Canoe, flatboat, keelboat. Many of these pioneers travel down the Ohio River to the Mississippi River to reach Missouri. The population has greatly increased in just a few years. There are many people living in St. Louis and along the Mississippi River.