America was not the only country in which settlers loaded their possessions into covered wagons and set off to conquer the lands of indigenous peoples. This was a pattern that emerged in many different regions of the world. As this image illustrates, the top picture shows a scene from Argentina, the middle image is from America and the bottom scene comes from South Africa. In all of these countries the covered wagon was employed to bring the possessions necessary to establish new colonial outposts in the pursuit of conquering indigenous peoples.
