Captain Randolph Marcy was a cavalry officer in the US Army who wrote "The Prairie Traveler" in 1859 to help settlers make it safely to the West.
Your assignment:
1. Find 5 bits of advice that Captain Marcy gives travelers, put them into your own words so that a modern traveler could understand them.
2. Would any of the advice given by Captain Marcy in 1859 apply for travelers today? Why or why not?
Be sure to post your class period and first names/last initial so that you get credit. Example: "P5 Jack A & Jill B"
70 comments:
P.2- Veronica.R and Erick.L
1) He said that to be very cautious when liting a fire and to beread with blankets incase flame spreads in unwanted areas.
2)He also said that inner bark; dry trees; and dry grass can be good to use for fire.
3) He said that the most difficult method on making fire is by rubbung two pieces of wood togther, and before you try doing this method you would need lots of practice.
4) When no dry place is found to start fire then you can use a kettle or a frying-pan, and after you started the fire you move it to the ground.
5) The most simple method is by using locifer matches, but they can only be used if they are in well-corked bottles because then it can get wet!
Question 2) These methodds can still be used today because there are many travelers who still use these methods to start or even prevent fire till this day!
P2 Christian P & Juan M
1.If yor a good swimmer tie somehing to the other side.
2.If theres nothing gt an axel to put the string on.
3.A substitute or a boat is a wagon bed filed with empty water cack.
4.Secure wagon with a rop tied.
5.You can use tenfly, pollin, or a wagoncover insted of the water cask.
6.Secure this to not drown
p2 emily O. and ernesto.c
1. A frog simarlarly applied is supposed to be equally efficacious.
2. A chicksaw women, who was bitten near fort Washita by a rattlesnake, after shr drank some whisky.
3.It must be taken until the patient becomes verymuch intoxicated , and this requires a large quanity.
4. if a bird gets bitten, and if its poison is badly the bird soon gets symptoms like humans do.
5. In the absence of all medicines, a string or ligature should at ounce be bound firmly above the puncture, then scarify deeply with a knife, suck out the poison, and spit out the saliva.
2. i think that some of the advice might work now of days but some might just be myths and not true.
P.2 /Deana D.& Diana R.
1.If a good idea to have a group of 50 to 70 men with armed and equipped.
2. The company should be big enough to herd and guard animals.
3.A duty should be drawn up and signed by all the members of the team.
4. It will be made the interest of every member of the company to watch over and protect the property of others as well as his own.
5. It should be the team dutys to move luggage .
Assignment 2 . I think me and my partner belive that all this by Captain Marcy does not work in this life time because thee no indians that going to come up and kill us also we dont carry animals at all and were not pioneers.
p.2 Ana R.&Angel S.
1. A suitable dress is good for traveling.
2 .Comfortable shoes are good for traveling
3. Thick,long socks are good for good for rattlesnakes bites.
4. Thick pants made of wool are good for traveling
5. The coat should always be short and fat which is good for cold weather.
P.2 Lizzette.N Juan B
1. Bacon should be packed in strong sacks and then boxes with bran in very hot climaes.
2. The pork should be stored like the bacon and in a cool place.
3. The butter should be boiled and then skim off the scum and placed in canisters.
4. The sugar shoud be in waterproof bags.
5. The flour should be packed in canvas sack.
p2 Annabel G Antonio S
The bacon should be put in strong sacks of 100 pounds each.
The flour should be packed in stout double canvas sacks.
suger may be well secured in rubber bag.
Butter can be preserved by boiling it and skinning it until it is clear like oil.
The pork should be taken of the barrels and packed like the bacon and placed on the bottom of the wagon to keep cool.
I think it would because its a good way to save alot and keep things fresh for a long trip
P.2 Lizzette.N Juan B
1. Bacon should be packed in strong sacks and then boxes with bran in very hot climaes.
2. The pork should be stored like the bacon and in a cool place.
3. The butter should be boiled and then skim off the scum and placed in canisters.
4. The sugar shoud be in waterproof bags.
5. The flour should be packed in canvas sack.
P2 Martin Z. & Pablo N.
1. If you get bit by a rattle snake you have to cut your self and suck the venom and spit it out
2. you drink a bottle of whisky and you put a indigo poultice on it
3. supplies : bottle of whisky ,cover the sugar with a indian rubber bag an it will be water proof, a wagon to hold your stuff,have a cover over it
P.2 Jackie M. & Stephanie S.
1.Many supplies should be secure & compact in portable shape.
2.Flour should be pack in double stout & canvas sacks well sewed, in hundreds of pounds in each sack.
3.Butter needs to be boiled till it's oil. then placed in canister & soldered up.
4. Sugar maybe well secured in rubber or sacks, or so placed in the wagon as not to risk getting wet.
5. You can take dried vegetables because they are almost equal to the fresh.
P.2 Jackie M. & Stephanie S.
1.Many supplies should be secure & compact in portable shape.
2.Flour should be pack in double stout & canvas sacks well sewed, in hundreds of pounds in each sack.
3.Butter needs to be boiled till it's oil. then placed in canister & soldered up.
4. Sugar maybe well secured in rubber or sacks, or so placed in the wagon as not to risk getting wet.
5. You can take dried vegetables because they are almost equal to the fresh.
P2: Gema O. & Gabriel V.
-There explaining of how to cross a river without giving up.
-They knew how to use the nature for fire with buffalo dung
-They didn't have any difficulty going from one place to the other cause' they never gave up.
-It also explains that you can make a fire when it is raining
-It tells you how they made their cloths.
per cked2 Juan C. & Ricardo T.
1.Supplies for a march should be put in the safest,smallest and movable place.
2.Flour should be packed in double bags and should carry 100 in each.
3.Sugar may be well protected in India-rubber or gutta-percha bags, or so put in the wagon as not to take our chances of getting wet.
4.Bacon should be packed in strongs bags of a 100 pounds each; or, in very hot weather, put in boxes and surrounded with bran, which in a graet measure prevent the fat from melting away.
5.If ork be occupied it shoulld be taken out of the barrels and put in like the bacon and then put in the bottom of the wagon as to keep cold.
P2 David S & Daniela O & Daisy R
1.First you organize your selfs into a company and elect a commander.
2.You have to have 50 to 70 men equiped.
3.To select a captin you need to require g00d judgement,integrity of purpose,and practical expireance.
4. The company has to be so sufficient to heard and gaurd animals.
p2 AshleyV.& Bellana O.
1.If the sand is soft horses should be led across the stream withhout stopping.
2.If their are footmen in the party they should cross before animals and waons as they pack the sand and they make the track more firm and secure.
p2 adan.m & adrian.d.l.t
L1.the only dry buffalo dung burns well when its perfectlly dry and it is a good purpous for cooking.
L2.one great way to save fuel is to dig a trench about two feet long and eight inches in width and depth
L3.the inner bark of some dry trees, dry grass or leaves are very good to start fires. then when the kindling fuel has been collected, rub a moistened rag need to be rubbed with powder and get a spark on it and it will ignite
L4.when its raining, find the driest spot you think that you will be able to start a fire.
L5.people can also start a fire with a gun or a pistol. just place a rag on the ground with saturated with wet powder. then put some dry powder on over it. the gun or pistol cap explodes witch ignite and you will be able to start a fire
Period.2 By:Bryant and Carlos.M
1. The rope must be long enough too extend twice across the stream so that one end may always be left on each shore.
2. A very good substitute for a fairy boat may be made with a wagon bed by filling it with empty water casks, stopped tight and secured in the wagon with ropes with a cask lashed opposite the center of each outside.
3. It is then placed in the water bottom upward and the rope that has been stretched across the stream attached to one end of it while another rope is made fast to the another end after which it is loaded the shore end loosened, and the me on the opposite blank pull it across to the landing where it is discharged.
4.
P3 Ivan g & javier c
#1]After you now were your going organis yourself and elect a captan so you coul be protected
#2] You onlynede 50 or 70 armd men eny mor wil slow you down
#3] Acatan nedes to be good jujment intelent and expiriens or the move will be log and hord.
#4] There should be rithen law and everiwon should sind it saing they will suport the captin if nesesari.
#5] Everi won shoud tri to rais money and and brin animals.
Q2] No. now with with cars you get aniwer faster so you nede les money, and now it is saifer so you don't nede people whit guns. whit only a family of for you dont nede a captan or laws.
p3 jorge c &joselyn C
1.When a rattle snake bites a person you become exhausted from the poison.
2.When you have pioson in your skin you should suck the pioson out then spit out the saliva.
3.When someone gets bitten in there foot they could drink a bottle of whisky.
4 When it has bearly began to take effect then you should add some water into it.
5.There is an antidote for poison if the person is intoxicated and if the poison gets in your blood.
We think that it would help them because , what if they experince the same thing and they can take that edvice to help them.Also the edvice he gave is still good for the future.
p3 hugo s eric p
1:pick a good person who knows how to swim grab the end of the of the fishing line and he is able to carry it across the river
2:get a rope and tie it across the axles then it can be taken across tie it to the front of the wagon and the other end to the the back of the wagon and that keeps you from letting your wagon drift away.
3:to make a wagon bed you need a wagon cover ora tent fly or a paulin.
4:
p3( Kimberly A) & (Joshua F)
1) The captains main rules are good judgemet , integrity of purpose and pratical experience.
2) The Company Should Be Big Enough To Herd And Guard Animals.
3) An obligation should then be drawn up and signed by all the menbers.
4) His Duty Should Be To Change The Order Of March, The Time Of Starting And Stopping To Select The Camps
5) From 50 to 70 men armed and equipped , will be enough for these purposes,and any greater number only makes the movement of the party more heavy and tardy.
2) We Think That The Advice Given By Captain Marcy Does Not Apply To Travelers Today Because People Might Come Out With Better Ideas And Might Not Want To Follow The Rules That A Guy From 100 Years Ago Created.?
P.3 Valerie B. And Steven L.
-Flour should be stocked in stout twice canvas sacks nice and well sewed they should weigh 100 pounds.
-Without getting the sugar wet you have to secure it in gutta phercha sacks or in India rubber.
-If you take bacon make sure you pack it in hot strong packets and in hot climates.
-If you take butter make sure you preserve by boiling it throughly and then place it in canisters then slodered it up.
-If you take vegetables make sure you put them in a packet to not get seperated.
2. Yes it will because some travelers don't have enough money to buy the some new supplies and some old ways work better the new ways.
P3 Alisson D and Alan P
1.People try to start fire with matches and they failed and the indian start fire with flint steel.
2.Travlers must be warned to watch out for climates.
3.Matches in the rain will get wet so they must put it in a liable container.
4.people must wear shoes for comfort for thier feet.
5.people will wear pants for hunting and riding for confort or bites.
P3 Ramiro B & Sandra C
"The patient becomes very intoxicated nd requiers a large quality, as the action of the posion seems to counteract it's effect"
Means:The patient becomes very intoxicated and they do the procedure of taking out the posion.
"People get bitten by the rattlesnake and yet, this is a possible contigency, and it can never be amiss to have an anidote at hand"
Means:Carry an anidote just in case you get bitten by any kind of snake.
"An incsion is made to the bird's body if the posion is to deadly the bird recieves symptoms and i lies it's had down and it dies"
Means: If the posion is to dwadly the bird or anything could die if it's not cured.
" In the absence of all medicines, a string should be at once bund firmly above the pucture, then scarfily deeply with a knife, suck out the posion and spit out the saliva"
Means: That if there is no medicine you need to get a knife and in the wound you suck the posion out and spit out the saliva
p3 Veronica L & Vanessa B
Bacon should be packed in strong sacks and in every sack they have to put 100 pounds.
To make butter make last longer they should boil it thoroughly until it raises to the top and it looks like oil.
P3 Carlos H & Athony G
1.)The way you could store bacon is by putting it in strong sacks if it is hot put it in a box and put bran around it for the fat wont melt.
Flour should be pressured in canavas sacks sewed well each sack should weigh 100 pounds.
Put sugar in rubber bags in the wagon for sugar wont get wet.
The supplies in a trip should be put in the most safe place compact in a shape that is portable.
The pork has to be very cured so it could be good for several months.
2.)No because we trade with money not supplies.
Period 3
Ofelia O.
Perla M.
1: I think it means that you have to protect the bacon for the hot climate wont distroy it an the bran would keep the fat like a refrigerater.
2: I think it means that you have to put the stuff that needs to be cooled off t the bottom of the wagon.
3: I think it means that you to pt it in sacks for it wont fall out and put them hundred puond on them for they wont be that heavy.
4: I think it means
5: I think it means
p3 Darlene V. and Hector F.
1. " when these streams are on the rise,and, indeed before any swelling is percptible, thier beds become surcharged with the sand loosened by the action of the under curent from the approching flood and from this tme until the water subsides fording is difficult, requiring great percutions."
this means that wen passing through the stream to be on the look out for the sand filling in the beds with the flooding.
2. "on arriving upon the bank of the river of this character which has not recently been crossed the condition of the quicksand may be ascertained by sending an intelligent man over the fording-place and should the sand not yield under his
P3 Alisson D and Alan P
1.People try to start fire with matches and they failed and the indian start fire with flint steel.
2.Travlers must be warned to watch out for climates.
3.Matches in the rain will get wet so they must put it in a liable container.
4.people must wear shoes for comfort for thier feet.
5.people will wear pants for hunting and riding for confort or bites.
p.3 Sergio O.&&Stephanie D,
1.If the bird had been alot uf poison it could have ended as a death.
2.If you don't have medicine than make a big cut and suck the poison.
3.In the southern routes to California rattle snakes are very common and is rare that a person well get bitten burt its possible to get bitten.
4.A string should be tied firmly above the bite then open it with a knife,suck out the poison and spit out saliva.
5.When the woman got bitten she drand whisky and then later that week she was getting better
Q2:Would this information help out today?
It would help but today there is more modern ways and people are more educated in that.
p3( Kimberly A) & (Joshua F)
1) The captains main rules are good judgemet , integrity of purpose and pratical experience.
2) The Company Should Be Big Enough To Herd And Guard Animals.
3) An obligation should then be drawn up and signed by all the menbers.
4) His Duty Should Be To Change The Order Of March, The Time Of Starting And Stopping To Select The Camps
5) From 50 to 70 men armed and equipped , will be enough for these purposes,and any greater number only makes the movement of the party more heavy and tardy.
2) We Think That The Advice Given By Captain Marcy Does Not Apply To Travelers Today Because People Might Come Out With Better Ideas And Might Not Want To Follow The Rules That A Guy From 100 Years Ago Created.?
p3 Stephanie O. & Vanesa E.
If the sand seems soft horses shuld not cross by their own, they should be led across.
Wagons must be diven slowly and easy across the quick sand and the animals are never allowed to stop while crossing the quick sand.
When a person is walking on the quick sand they should walk fast and soon they will know the path.
Our continent is very tricky, it has lots of paths and routes, some of them are quicksands.Few pepople know how to detect quicksands, most ofthe time the ground looks normal but not always.
p3 eric l and elizabeth c
1. You can take a wagon and pull it with a piece and tie it to the axles. 2. You can fill the barrell with cotton and you can put belongings in the barrell and hold your barrell to help you get across the river.
3. A good swimmer goes first and he ties a rope to the tree to the other side than the people could get across . 4. you can put a empty barrel & you can tie a wagon and like the barrel can float it will float with your stuff.
5.if you have holes in your wagon . you need to get pieces of cloth and stuff the cloth in those holes so no water can get in your wagon when you get across a river.Period.2 By:Bryant and Carlos.M
P3 Anais O. Anaid R.
1. The hardest method to make a fire, that some indians use, however, is to cause heat between two pieces of wood, but this method is difficult and takes lots of practice.
2. I have seen indians make a fire by using only metal and rock. Yet others cannot even do it with a match.
3. The simplest way to start a fire is by using a lucifer match. However if they are kept wet, they will fail to make a fire.
4. Travelers should know that it is highly important to know different methods that may be used for making fires, in case their method does not work.
5. Inexperienced travelers may have trouble with their fire, for the grass may catch fire, also. It must be secluded. In case the grass does ignite, men should stand around it, with blankets, ready to put it out.
I do not think travelers now should use Captain Marcy's advice, because now we travel by car, airplane, train, and bus. They should, however, use his advice if they intend to travel by wagon.
Destiny M. and Selena L. period:4
Fuel And Fire
Answer: 1) Made a trench about two feet long that they used for cooking.
2)The inner bark of dry trees...dry grass
or leaves are also good to make fire.
3)Another method is by placing about 1/4 of charge of power into a gun,pushing a rag down loosely upon it and firing it out with muzzle down near the ground,which ignites the rag.
4)The hardest method of starting a fire is rubbing two pieces of wood.
p4 julian R
1.the streams start to rise the cart become surcharged and the cart over float so you have to move fast.
If the sand is soft you grab them and help them cross.
If there is a river make the Animals not stop and ceep on going.
The wepons and animals should go frist than everything
p4 Francisco C
1. To save more fule easyer is to dig a 2 feet trench by eight inches in width and depth , the flame is made of the bottom of the trench the cooking tools are on top where they recive all the heat . This trick is especialy for the windy days.
2. their should be no means to start a fire it could be whith a gun or a pistol by placing on the ground a rag
p4 Francisco C
1. To save more fule easyer is to dig a 2 feet trench by eight inches in width and depth , the flame is made of the bottom of the trench the cooking tools are on top where they recive all the heat . This trick is especialy for the windy days.
2. their should be no means to start a fire it could be whith a gun or a pistol by placing on the ground a rag
p,4 Melissa.A, David.V
1.The first thing is that they needed to find a way to organize they eclected a cammander.
2.The second thing way that the commander ha toto be suffient magnitude and able to herd and guard animals, and protect them against Indians.
3.The third thing was 50 to 70 men were properly armed and equipped
P4 Diana Ra, and Jairo M
-Always have an antidote at hand if your in the desert.
-If a snake bites you,you should smell Hartshorn this helps you not to pass out.
-When a snake bites you,you have to suck out the poison and then spit out the siliva.
-If a snake bites you drink a bottle of whisky and put indigo on it.
-Make the patient drink alot of liquor and they wont feel it as much.
p4 JUANG & richyv
1. Start a fire with a flint and steel
2.Dig trench to save fuel
3.Use inner bark of dry trees dry grass or leaves are also good to start a fire
4.Do not cause a fire around the woods while starting a fire.
5.the most simple and most expeditious of these is by using the lucifer matches
p4 julio r and steven v.
there are alot of streams when you are on your way to your destination.
its dngerous during the trip there's flooded river and qiucksand.
the best way to avoid bad tracks is by foot that is th safes way.
when
p.4 Rudy.T & Alexandra D. 1.When walking put your stuff in something you can take with you Supplies for a march should be very safe & secure. 2. Bacon should be stored in strong packages each should be about Hundred pounds each or in very hot weather ,put in boxes & around with bran ,with wagons that are covered . 3. flour should be double packed because in middle of the trip could melt or deslove if it gets wet .
P4.diana rojas kevin r
answer: 1,in the summer season the people have to use there boots and shoes are much better for footmen than they are for because they dont give them cramps
2,soks and boots coming up well at the nees and made lsrge so as to admite the pants because then ist get cold
3,the shirts have to be hard and warm and the shorts red and blue the pants have to be spoted
4,they belt knife and small with a stone for hunting
also they caries a gun for hunting
4, a belt with a knife
P4 Karina.t & liana.m
1:The first thing is when the stream rose up everything got destroyed.
2:When they used to send stuff they used to send a man to cross the Quick sand.
3:They couldn't do this by feet they had to stand above the surface of the water.
4:If the sand was soft they would lead the horses and they were not allowed to stop at the river.
5:
P4 Julia L. Manuel O.
-After a person gets bitten by a rattlesnack then you use a cleaning powder called Hartshorn and mix it in with water until the powred is disolved, then you apply it on top of the bite. You can also drink the water mixed with the Hartshorn.
-Another way that you can help yourselfe in case that there are no medicine or Hartshon in hand you can also tie a peice of string or a peice of clothing tightly around the place that was bitten or stung you tie the peice above the bite or sting.Then you make a deep cut witha nife and then suck out the poison and then spit out the blood and poison.
dp4 erik m and amy m
1. Flour should be packed in big sacks and they have to be a hundreds pounds in each sack.
2. Bacon shouldbe packed in strong sacks and they hve to be a hundreds ponds each orwhen the weather
is really hot you but the bacon in boxes so they can be bran which the heat melts the fat from the bacon away.
P4 Stephen.C Adam.T
1.Hartshorn applied externally to the wound, it is from deer and there is a smell salt that helps the person stay up and not go to sleep.
2. If you get bit in the foot, you can drink a bottle of whisky and apply indigo poultice. You can rrecover in 3 days.
3. To get the posion out someone. You will need a sting or ligitaure should be at once be bound firmly above the puncture. Get a knife and cut where the bite is. Suck out the posion and spit it out.
4. To help someone go to sleep during suregery, you could give him a lot of whisky and get him drunk so the patient won't feel the pain.
5. A bird can also help the patient. When it sucks the posion, it dies and needs more to help the patient.
P:6 Christian C. & Karla Z.
-They should keep themselves organized by choosing a leader for their groups.
-The leader should give everyone a job or a duty.
-They should all lookout for each other.
-A leader should have a good control of his people and companies.
-70 men must all have weapons and be ready to use them.
Yes because all these things would be helpful even today for people who go on expeditions.
1a. Put hartshorn on the bite and drink in small amounts diluted in water helps to fight fatigue and prevents unconsciousness.
1b. A ligature should be tied above the wound and cut the wound with a knife and suck out the poison and spit it out.
1c. Make a small cut into a chicken's chest and apply the cut to the wound and if the chicken dies use another chicken until the chickens stop dying.
1d. If you are bitten by a rattlesnake drink a bottle of whiskey and apply indigo plant material to the wound to heal the wound.
1e. Drink a very strong spirit until you become very drunk, which is large amount, and instead of the poison affecting you, it counteracts the intoxication.
2.The advice wouldn't apply for travelers today because most people travel by airplane not by road as much.
1. RATTLESNAKE BITES
When the victim becomes faint or exhauste mix water and hartshorn to the wound. Apply the water when it is drunk in small quantities.
String or ligature should be bound firmly on the bite. Then cut deeply with a knife. Then suck out the poison and spit out the saliva.
Its good to carry an antidote in case you get bitten by a rattlesnake.
Place a small cut on the chicken's chest and put the cut on the wound and if the chicken dies do it to other chickens until it stops dying.
Drink whisky and apply indigo poultice and three days later you will recover but you will have to slough the flesh around the wound away.
2. Yes it will apply because if your out traveling and a rattlesnake bites you, you will know how to heal yourself to not die from the venomous poison.
p6 stephanny S. MIchael N.
1.Bacon should be put in a box and and surrounded by bran because if it's very hot the fat will melt.
2.Pork should be packed like bacon and placed in the bottom of the wagon so it will last long .
3. You may boil andskim of the scum as it raises so it can be preserved.
4. Things for a march should be put in a really secure place and easy to reach so if needed you can get it.
5.A hundred pounds of Flour should be well sewed and packed in canvas sacks so it wont fall out and so it will be secure.
2.The advice that captain Marcy gave in 1859 would not apply for travelers today because we have new and improved ways to preserve items and to take good care of them. For examples we have sandwich bags that you can put food in. 212
P6 Misael G. and Muriel P.
1)The supplies should be secured and in a portable shape because the supply must be carried during the march and if it is not secured it might hurt someone.
2)If it is to heavy the sack will be teared apart and in the sack it will be protected.
3)Boiling it will make the butter be preserved for much more time.
4)Sugar has to be placed in a waterproof sack for it won't get wet.
5)Bacon should be placed in strong bags with hundred pounds puted in boxes and surrounded with bran so the fat on the bacon won't melt.
2) Some of the advice given will be use today because his advice might be good and make traveling save.
P.6 Leslie B. AND Luisa G.
1.Cotton and Linen Fabrics are not very good material to protect people from the sun.
2. The pants should be of thick and soft yarn to keep protection.
3.Comfortable dresses for prairie traveling is great for your health and comfort.
4. Moccasins are Better than boots or shoes when you are traveling through deep snow.
5. In the summer shoes are better for men instead of using boots because they don’t cramp your ankles.
2.We think that the advice given is still very usable for campers or travelers today because it gives them tips on what they should wear and what they shouldn’t.
Per.6 Esmeralda V & Hugo T.
1)Using a fishing a line to pull yourself and tying it to the tree and pull yourself across the river.
2)You could also make a ferry boat with a wagon bed, by filling it with empty water casks,secured with tight ropes and with a cask lashed on the other side of the outside.
3)The wagons can be taken across the river by fastening down two axles. Attaching them to both of the sides and then pushing it to the other side.
4)You could also use empty barrels to float the baggage across.
5)Swim across the river and carry the baggage.
P6 Arturo V & Andrea O
1. Dont struggle in quicksand or you will sink faster.
2.When the streams rise and flood take caution of quicksand.
3.When stuck in quicksand lift out with a rope.
4.Walk quickly on quick sand and try to detect safe ground.
5.Examine the quicksand first.
... Would any of the advice given by Captain Marcy in 1859 apply for travelers today? Why or why not?
I think it does apply to travlers today because quicksand is still around.Also most of the things he talks about are still around.
P6 Cynthia G and Isaac J
1. Organization of Companies-They should group themselves and find a leader for their groups. They should do this to be well organized and to know where and with who they belong.
-Up to 70 men must be armed and equipped properly to be able to use it as protection against the indians.
-The leader must have good control of his orders and of his companies inorder to have harmony in the association.
- All members should have a duty or job assigned inorder protect eachother.
- In order to supply those who might die out on the road they must raise a fund to provide themselves with extra animals.
2.Prabably most of the advice given by Captain Marcy wouldnt help modern travelers. It wouldnt help them due to the fact that everythi is more advanced now. As an example travelers no longer have wagons to transport themselves and their luggage.
1.You could swim across the river.
2.Substitute a boat with your wagon-beds.
3.Float across with barrels
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juan b & jasmin r
- Use fabrics and cotton to protect rays from the sun and drops in temperature.
-pants should be thick and soft wool material.
- woolen socks and boots are a good way to guard from plant cutting and rattle snakes.
-wearing boots in the snow is warm and allow free cerculation of the blood.
-when it is not where shoes it is comfortable and does not cramp the ankles.
P6 Brenda F. & Brandon O.
1) A man on foot should take a number of sharp objects to check if the ground is quicksand before anyone steps on it.
2) There's no danger if you walk over quicksand as long as you walk at a fast pace.
3) If a horse is traveling, it shouldnt stand still in the stream. Give the horses water before traveling.
4) Wagons must be driven steadily across or else the wheels will sink in the quicksand.
5) Mules lay down when they're scared while on the quicksand. When this happens drag the mule out with ropes.
The advice would apply to travelers today because quicksand is still in some places & travelers may come across it.
P6 Alexander M. &&' Alexandra G.
" Fuel AND Fire " - Pieces Of Advice
1.) Digging a trench and starting a fire in the bottom and then cooking everything on top over the trench.
2.)Taking Lucifer Matches And storing them in a well corked bottle to avoid them getting wet and not working.
3.) Another way to start a fire which is easy but takes practice to get it just right is the use of friction on two pieces of wood.
4.) Dry Grass And Leaves can also be used to make a fire, using kindling fuel and placing a spark by using flint and steel.
5.) People who don't have much practice or knowledge on starting fires should just set the grass around them on fire , this should be used with precaution incase the fire gets too large and burns more than intended.
Part 2 :
Yes this advice could still be used even though it is old practices , they could still work and its helpful to know all this just incase.
P6 Michael B. & Stephanie C.
1a. Put hartshorn on the bite and drink in small amounts diluted in water helps to fight fatigue and prevents unconsciousness.
1b. A ligature should be tied above the wound and cut the wound with a knife and suck out the poison and spit it out.
1c. Make a small cut into a chicken's chest and apply the cut to the wound and if the chicken dies use another chicken until the chickens stop dying.
1d. If you are bitten by a rattlesnake drink a bottle of whiskey and apply indigo plant material to the wound to heal the wound.
1e. Drink a very strong spirit until you become very drunk, which is large amount, and instead of the poison affecting you, it counteracts the intoxication.
2.The advice wouldn't apply for travelers today because most people travel by airplane not by road as much.
P.6 Stephanie O & Nemesis D.
Advice: Captain Marcy was a wise man. He gave alot of advice about survival. These are just a few examples:
1.) It is very important for the travelers to know the different techniques that may be needed to create a fire while they are traveling.
2.)Fuel may be saved by digging a hole two feet deep and eight inches wide. It helps the fire from going out when the wind blows.
3.) the most easiest way to start a fire will be by using matches, but the matches had to be secured in a bottle or a dry place.
4.) Another method is to use gun powder. A wet towel is rubbed with gun powder and dry gun powder is then sprinkled ontop of the moist powder.It is then ignited.
5.) Another way is to use Buffalo dung . You then surround it with dry material that is flable.
Question 2: Advice from 1859 may still work now. It may be helpful advice for travelers that are lost. Advice that may never seice to help.
P.6 Nathalie G & Nancy C
Since there wasn't any fuel to the roate of California the pioneers had to use buffalo droppings which was a good fuel for fire when dry.
A better way to save fuel for Fire,is to dig a hole that is 2 feet long by 8 inches in depth and width,this will help to save more fuel and use less fuel,during windy weather.
The easier way to light a fire was to use lucifer matches, but if it wasn't kept dry in a bottle it will get wet and will not light up.
The Indians will start there fires by using steel and fire after others got frusterated with the matches they couldn't light.
A very hard method that rquires a lot of practice is to do the way of the Western Indians, by using just two sticks to make a fire.
Alan rodriguez and Abraham L
1.To save fuel dig a hole about 2 feet by 8 inches and make the fire at the bottom and put utencils above the hole and it will still recieve all the heat. 2.Start a fire with flint and steel
3. The inner bark of trees, dry grass,and leaves are really inflamable
4. when its rain the fire should be put in the dryest spot around, a blanket over it for it wont get wet.
5.Fire can be made with gun powder
Alan rodriguez and Abraham L
1.To save fuel dig a hole about 2 feet by 8 inches and make the fire at the bottom and put utencils above the hole and it will still recieve all the heat. 2.Start a fire with flint and steel
3. The inner bark of trees, dry grass,and leaves are really inflamable
4. when its rain the fire should be put in the dryest spot around, a blanket over it for it wont get wet.
5.Fire can be made with gun powder
Margarita M. & Marina P. P.6
1. RATTLESNAKE BITES
When the victim becomes faint or exhauste mix water and hartshorn to the wound. Apply the water when it is drunk in small quantities.
String or ligature should be bound firmly on the bite. Then cut deeply with a knife. Then suck out the poison and spit out the saliva.
Its good to carry an antidote in case you get bitten by a rattlesnake.
Place a small cut on the chicken's chest and put the cut on the wound and if the chicken dies do it to other chickens until it stops dying.
Drink whisky and apply indigo poultice and three days later you will recover but you will have to slough the flesh around the wound away.
2. Yes it will apply because if your out traveling and a rattlesnake bites you, you will know how to heal yourself to not die from the venomous poison.
Pedro C. and Sheila V.
1. In windy weather make a trench about 2 feet long and 8 inches in width and hight to make the fire inside the trench.
2. You can make a fire by using a lucifer matches but they are likely to get wet, you can also star a fire with flint and steel.
3. There are other ways to start a fire, one of these ways is by gathering the inner part of a tree or dry grass and lighting the center of the dry grass or tree.
4. When it is raining, you should start the fire in the driest place possible and cover it with a blanket so the rain won't extinguish it or if there isn't a dry spot you can light in a pan or kettle.
5. When the other methods aren't successful, you could use a gun to light a ire by damping a rag with powder and shoot to ignite.
p6 Patricia A
1.
* For windy weather dig a 2 foot trench and make a fire at the bottom and put cooking utensils up on top to recieve all the heat.
*Lucifer matches to start a fire should be kept in a corcked bottleso they wont get wet and damaged.
*Flint and steel are also two good tools to start a fire.
*Dry grass and dry leaves which are found in the inner bark of some dry trees can also start a fire if you: wet a rag with fuel and rub it with powder, and a spark struck into it with a flint and steel which will turn it on place it on inflamable material and keep it dry with a blanket over the top of it.
* Be careful not to burn the area around the campfire, it could end up very disastrous.
2. Yes and no,no because there have been new inventions like grills, which are used to cook food.
Yes because some people go on trips to the wilderness and sometimes end up getting lost,if your risk is getting lost why not just learn these things to keep dangerous animals away and atract people.
P3 Anaid R. & Anais O.
Thomas Jefferson was trying to say that the business between slave trading and white men was a growing matter of something bad. Slavery is wrong for both the slaves and the slave owners, because eventually the slave owners, even if they were nice to their slaves, would become mean and petty. He is scared for his country when he remembers that God is equal to everyone, and His justice must be realized soon. The point he is trying to make, in general, that slavery is very wrong, and that we should treat everyone the same.
I agree with his two ideas because slavery is wrong, and also that everyone is equal in spite of their ethnicity. He was also right when he said that even if you were a very nice slave owner, soon you would go around being mean to people because you give threatening orders to your slaves.
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