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, March 6, 2013
FIRE
Today in 1805, the Hidatsas set the prairies near Fort Mandan ablaze. Why would they do this?
I think that Lewis and Clark had traded them flint and steel and they tried to get it on the wood but they hit it too hard and too many sparks came up. Mrs.Wilensky, did Lewis and Clark give them flint and steel? (Or Mrs.Roberts.)
Fire can be a scary thing, but the Mandans and Hidatsas used it not to scare something, but to bring it closer.
Even though they got most of their food by farming, they would hunt sometimes. Beacuse they didn't hunt all the time, it was REALLY important that the hunts were successful when they happened.
Burning grass made it grow back even better than before. Buffalo like to eat grass, especially when it's thick and green. The better the grass, the more buffalo would come. The more buffalo came, the more success a Mandan or Hidatsa might have when they hunted. (The horses the Mandans and Hidatsas had liked it, too! :)
Maybe they did that because it's been so long, and they just want to celebrate. Julia
ReplyDeleteMaybe they didn't like that Clark and Lewis were going on the expedition and wanted them to be afraid and leave.
ReplyDeleteMaddie
I have no idea! I think why in the world would they do that. Claire
ReplyDeleteMabye because they didn't like Lewis and Clark building on the land.
ReplyDeleteScout
Maybe the Hidatsas were angry with the men and decided to try to burn down their fort. Eleanor
ReplyDeleteMaybe they didn't like Lewis and Clark
ReplyDeleteVictoriaG.
Maybe the Hidatsas didn't want Lewis and Clark on there land and they were trying to scare them off.-Emily
ReplyDeleteMaybe because they thought they would hurt them.
ReplyDeleteCate
Maybe the Natives were angry with each other. Joni
ReplyDeleteWOW thats freezing I don't know if I would do that!anna.
ReplyDeleteThey would do this because they want new grass to grow.-Kendall
ReplyDeleteI think that it is because they wanted to burn down brush.
ReplyDelete-Payton
So when the grass grew again it would look better.
ReplyDeleteHayden.
I think that Lewis and Clark had traded them flint and steel and they tried to get it on the wood but they hit it too hard and too many sparks came up.
ReplyDeleteMrs.Wilensky, did Lewis and Clark give them flint and steel? (Or Mrs.Roberts.)
-Victoria N.
Fire can be a scary thing, but the Mandans and Hidatsas used it not to scare something, but to bring it closer.
ReplyDeleteEven though they got most of their food by farming, they would hunt sometimes. Beacuse they didn't hunt all the time, it was REALLY important that the hunts were successful when they happened.
Burning grass made it grow back even better than before. Buffalo like to eat grass, especially when it's thick and green. The better the grass, the more buffalo would come. The more buffalo came, the more success a Mandan or Hidatsa might have when they hunted. (The horses the Mandans and Hidatsas had liked it, too! :)
I never knew that bison liked grass!
ReplyDelete- Victoria
My grandfather Jim, thought they started the fire to help the soil.
ReplyDeleteAlexis
I thinkthey burned the old grass and the new grass that grew was much better?
ReplyDeleteKatherine Grace
They must have burned the dead grass and that would leave more space for the green grass.Also I thought that the Mandans didn't hunt?Hannah:D
ReplyDeleteSo when the crops grew back they would be better.
ReplyDeleteThey were being nice!
Were tribes nice to other tribes?