| 1. I am looking forward to meeting Private Rowland Soule because his uniform looks cool and I want to learn more about his life in Colonial times. I also want to learn why he didn't become a blacksmith because he said that he grew up learning how to be one. 2. I also want to meet Ida because I want to learn what the children played with back then. I also want to learn where they get the toys or how do they make them. |
- Peter Smith was a Frontiers men, he lives about 10 hours (20 miles) from a town or settlement. He usually had 1 big meal a day, and they would have to hunt or harvest his food. Also living that remote there were no hospitals or medicine for 20 miles.
- Christine Maclean was the Innkeeper, the Inn was used for travelers so they can sleep and have a good meal. Christine charged little only a shilling a night, she was cheap because she didn't want to pay extra money for taxes. The Inn was also used as the church, schoolhouse, and a court.
- Private Rowland Soule was a British Grenadier, he had grenades and matches on him at all times. He ate oatmeal, rice, beans, and he drank spruce beer because of the vitamins, It was a command that after you drank the spruce beer you had to hold your cup out so you couldn't save it for one time. Their were super strict commands, if didn't obey you would get a harsh whipping. I liked the station because we got to learn how to fire the a musket.
- Ida was a mother and wife, she explained what toys her kids enjoyed. Some of the games and toys she showed were qoints, Jacobs Ladder, nine pin, toy soldiers, climbing bear, and noise makers. For babies or younger children they had little wooden dolls. She also said that the toys were pretty expensive but a carpenter could make them.
- Zebadiah, Zeb for short was a carpenter, he had all these blades and saws to cut wood, he also had axes and hatchets. You could not throw them at an animal because what if you didn't hit them hard enough and they could run away with it.
- Cathryn and Leon duBois were a married couple and they explained what kind of clothing they wore back in the 18th century. Cathryn said that babies who weren't potty trained yet would were shifts all day. When the boys got older they would dress like there dad, they would wear knee breeches, leggings, a button down shirt, a vest, and some wooden shoes. When the girls got older they would still wear shifts like their mom and they would were a gown to bed. All people must wear fully bone stays, a stay is a hard piece of clothing that you put on your shoulders and it would make you forced not to slouch.
- Charles .W Walker worked for the militia, and the militia was like the last reinforcement army. He had six weapons at hand with him, one of them was a flint lock gun, and what you do with a flint lock gun is you load the bullet and put the gun powder in and FIRE. Charles wore gorget armor around his neck and that means that he was part of the militia, it was also used as a target for shooting so in battle he would hide it, and be confused it had no protection.
- Joseph Ofallon was a trapper and trader, they mostly traded beaver fur because it was so rare. He once got tricked because a guy came into the pub holding a big stack of fur saying that it was all prime but some in there weren't real.
- Janette Lundahl was a spinner, she was adopted and now has three kids. She has to sheer the sheep and then brings the wool to the weaver. White cotton was the most popular color of wool, but now days people prefer colored wool like brown or gray.
- Captain Parke was a survivor he mapped out untamed land for people who asked. They used a different type of measuring tool it was named the chain, there are 10 links in a chain.
All in all I learned that life 1770's is much much different then normal day life here. But now that I'm thinking back then that was normal everyday life for them. But over all I really liked the field trip and learning all about their lives.