 The team, your oxen are everything. It's uncomfortable in a wagon. There's no shock absorbers. You can knock your teeth out and wreck your spine riding in a wagon. It's boring to ride in a wagon. You ride there for four hours and talk to yourself. It's not comfortable. The heat under a tent, so to speak, or under the wagon cover can get intense. So there's a lot of reasons why people didn't ride in a wagon, especially the sociability, women and children especially.