Join Mrs. Wilensky and Mrs. Roberts as they travel to the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center at Fort Mandan and Knife River Indian Villages in North Dakota.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Mystery Object #1
This was very important to the survival of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. What is it?
Some of your guesses were: - a place to store fragile things - stove - cooking supplies - compass - things to trade with the Native Americans - weapons - gun powder - flint and steel - something to make fire
From the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation: "It’s a tinder box containing flint, a couple of steel strikers, char cloth, and tow fibers. By striking one of the pieces of flint against a striker, you can shave off tiny glowing-hot shreds of steel to start a fire. There were matches in 1804, but they were neither as common nor as reliable as a good tinder box."
Now that you've seen Fort Mandan, do you remember anything else that could have been used to start a fire? (HINT: Lewis and Clark gave them as gifts to the Native tribes they met.)
Some of your guesses were:
ReplyDelete- a place to store fragile things
- stove
- cooking supplies
- compass
- things to trade with the Native Americans
- weapons
- gun powder
- flint and steel
- something to make fire
From the Lewis & Clark Fort Mandan Foundation: "It’s a tinder box containing flint, a couple of steel strikers, char cloth, and tow fibers. By striking one of the pieces of flint against a striker, you can shave off tiny glowing-hot shreds of steel to start a fire. There were matches in 1804, but they were neither as common nor as reliable as a good tinder box."
I think it is a compass?
ReplyDeleteKatherine Grace
It doesn't look anything like a thing to start a fire! Julia
ReplyDeleteNow that you've seen Fort Mandan, do you remember anything else that could have been used to start a fire? (HINT: Lewis and Clark gave them as gifts to the Native tribes they met.)
ReplyDeleteA magnifying glass.
ReplyDelete-Sophie