Thursday, February 21, 2013

On this day.....

Pilgrimage day! It was 6 degrees this morning in 1805, but several Mandans headed out to Medicine Rock to pray and receive predictions about the coming year.

http://history.nd.gov/historicsites/medicinerock/index.html

According to the dictionary a pilgrimage is 1) a journey to some sacred place as an act of religious devotions 2) a long journey.

What is your favorite pilgrimage place?
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9 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 9:05 AM

    6 degrees!!! Wow, they must have really wanted to go there.Hannah

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 9:06 AM

    Wow 6 degrees thats really cold!I wonder what they used to keep them warm!
    Charlotte

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2013 at 9:17 AM

    Charbonneau's family was small to all fit in that house.
    Victoria H

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2013 at 5:51 PM

    Brrrr! It must be freezing there! I think my favorite pilgrimage place is China.

    Hanna

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  5. AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 1:38 PM

    WOW!!!! Thats freezing I don't know if I would do that!

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  6. AnonymousMarch 7, 2013 at 1:40 PM

    burrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Cold! Claire

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  7. JeffMarch 12, 2013 at 9:39 PM

    Yes, girls, six degrees is pretty cold...especially if you're from Texas! :)

    The Mandans were used to the cold temperatures, though. They had adapted to them (just like they adapted their gardening practices) over hundreds of years. In fact, Mandan boys were known to hop across the Missouri River's broken ice in the spring to catch dead buffalo floating down the river. Sometimes, they had to jump in the water to fish them out. What do you think they meant to do with them?

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  8. AnonymousMarch 20, 2013 at 12:47 PM

    Why would they want to go when it was THAT cold? Did they ever get frost bite on the way?

    Madeline:)

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