SlideShare a Scribd company logo
1 of 72
Saskatchewan’s First People
Tools
Spears In the old days the first peoples used spears to hunt. The end was made of stone and the handle was made of wood or bones
Hammers Hammers were used for crushing berries, breaking up firewood, and pounding.  Hammers are made of rocks and skin straps and wood handles.  They pound in stakes.
Hide Scrapers and knives Hide scrapers were made of sharp bones and wood handles. they were to scrape hides and the knives are used for cutting
Why Hammers Were Made? Hammers were made to break up fire wood, crush berries and pound stakes into the ground.
What Were Hide Scrapers Made up of? Hide scrapers are made up of sharp bones or stones.
The Handles Were Made up of Something?   Hammers handle were made with skin straps and hide scrapers handles were made up of deer antlers or wood.
How   They   Caught   Animals The hunters used a decoys to attract the birds for their   food.  The small animals like rabbits, gophers and birds   were caught with a snare traps.
Hammers Did you know that hammers were made out of a rock   for the top, wooden handle and skin straps?  Hammers   were used to crush berries and break up firewood.
How  They   Made   Arrows When the first nations people made arrows, they made   them out of branches of an ash or willow tree.  The   arrows helped them hunt. The arrows were lighter than   spears so more things or stuff could be carried.
Knives Did you know that knives were   made of sharp bones or stones?
Decorations
How They Get Quills The women were trained but not all of the   women. They threw a blanket over the porcupine to get quills.
How They Use Beads They used beads that were brighter   and easier to   work with. They used  the   beads for decoration.
How  They Made Stuff Bison robes and tipi covers were painted. The paint came from minerals.
How They Decorate Their Tipis First nations decorated their tipis with lots of stuff. They somehow made glass beads and stuck it onto there tipi for decoration.
Porcupines ,[object Object]
Designs ,[object Object]
Beliefs
What They Believed In -The First Nation People believed that the sun had great power. -They also believed that the earth was the mother of all things. -They believed in the Great Spirit.
The Medicine Man -The Medicine Man has that name because he helps heal people. -He also would lead ceremonies and prayers to the Great Spirit.
The Medicine Women -There is also Medicine Women! -They would collect the plants and herbs to cure the people. -Like people who had a cold .
The Medicine Bundle -The Medicine Bundle was large. -It also had precious objects in it and would only be handled by certain people.
The  Dream  Catcher The Dream Catcher was on   top of  a baby’s cradleboard. It   was  believed to sort bad   dreams and  the good dreams.   The good dream  go though   the middle of the web.
The  Mandela The Mandela are similar to the shield and a   Mandela gives good luck and happiness to the  owner. and happiness luck to the owner.   The Mandela   are similar   to the   shied and   a Mandela   gives good
The  Shield The Shield had to protect to the owner. Shields  were round and were made from the coat of the  male bison.
What a  Sweat Lodge  Is The Sweat Lodge was a dome-shaped tent made of willow branches.  In the middle of the willow branch dome was a pit.  The Sweat Lodge ceremony usually takes a couple of hours.
What is  Smudging ? Smudging means taking smoke in someone's hands and rubbing it on a body.  Smudging was a cleansing they did in Saskatchewan.  They burnt certain herbs .
Special Ceremonies ,[object Object]
Sign Language The first nations used sign language on surprise attacks and hunting parties. The explores and fur traders would use sign language to help them . communicate
Flying Animals The first nations used the eagles wings and bones for whistles. If you see an owl or hear a hoot it’s a sign of death or danger.
Animals The coyote was a trickster to the first nations. Some tribes believed that the coyote would transform into a human. If the first nations left the bears alone it would not hurt them.
Story Telling ,[object Object]
Bad Luck Some times when the first nations had no luck they would have to pray to mother earth and lead the bison to their camp.
Clothing
What Clothing are Made of In the early days animal skin were used instead of cloth
Removing the fat and hair ,[object Object]
All of the Clothing ,[object Object]
What Clothing Are Made Of Clothing was made of animals like deer, antelope and moose. The leggings that woman used to wear were made of buckskin. Dresses were made of hide and high boots were made of buffalo hide.
Moccasins ,[object Object]
Clothing For Ceremonies ,[object Object]
Food
Buffalo The buffalo was cut up and roasted on a spit.   The stomach was used as a pot
What Was Hunted ,[object Object]
Fire ,[object Object]
Family Roles and Duties
Babies Babies were wrapped in a   Moss Bag   and   tied to a   Cradle Board
Women The women had to put up and take down the tipis.  The women had to raise the children  and had to gather the food. The women had to prepare the food and had to make clothing.  They had to do the quilting and bead work.  They taught the girls to do the same things
Men The men would have to hunt and protect the family. The men would have to teach the young men how to hunt and fight. They would have to make shields, tools, and weapons.
To Make Tools And Hunt The men Taught the boys to hunt and to make tools.
How old boys are when they hunt The boys are 12 years old when they get taught to hunt
How Many duties Women Have Women have around 14 more duties than men have.  So women have to work harder than men.
Berries Berries were food for the first nations people. The   first nations picked them off of bushes.
Meat   The first nations also ate antelope, deer, elk, and moose. small animals were often caught in snare traps .
How jerky Was Made   Meat was cut in to strips and hung on a tripod .It   was   mostly dried/ smoked meat .
Tipis
How Big A Tipis There was enough room for 5 or 7 peoples to sleep in it.
Who Lives in Them The people that live in them are called First Nations people.
How Beds Are Made The beds are made from bison skin. They wear placed against the inside.
What Lined the Outside and the Inside of a Tipi On the inside fur skins lined the floor. The outside though they would line it with  rocks or snow to keep warm in the winter. The fur on the inside was bear, deer or buffalo. They put rocks down to keep the tipi from blowing away.
How big is a tipi The biggest tipi that was ever built was sixteen feet wide. It could hold a family of five to seven people.
What was inside The beds in a tipi were made from buffalo skin. Inside a fire was used to cook food. Even though the tipi was big it had not a lot of furniture.
Setting  Up  and  Taking   Down The women can setup the tipi in less than an hour. The women could take the tipi down in minutes. The tipi was very easy to set up and take down.
How   Big  was   a   Tipi? A tipi was five meters wide.
Do   They   Have   A   Fire   Inside? A fire pit inside the tipi was for cooking and for heat .
Transportation
Early Transportation The first people had to walk until they got dogs to pull their heavy loads. The Spanish explorers were the ones who brought the horses to North America. In the 1700s some  horses ran away to the north.
The Birch Bark Canoe The Algonquin Indians used the Birch Bark Canoe for many things like fishing, hunting, and collecting wild rice. It especially helped them with fishing.
Red River Carts The Red River Carts were used to pull very heavy loads. It could float on water so they used it as a raft too. The oxen and horses pulled the red river cart because the people didn’t want to pull by themselves.
Why they soaked their boat . The boat was first soaked in water because it makes it easier to float through the water. And people used it to get from place to place.
The Birch Bark Canoe ,[object Object]

More Related Content

What's hot

Skylar tasmanian aborigines project
Skylar tasmanian aborigines projectSkylar tasmanian aborigines project
Skylar tasmanian aborigines projecttodspedding
 
Arctic Native Americans
Arctic Native AmericansArctic Native Americans
Arctic Native AmericansJenny Murphy
 
The Dakota Sioux Presentation
The Dakota Sioux PresentationThe Dakota Sioux Presentation
The Dakota Sioux PresentationSafiaRox
 
My portion group_project 22912
My portion group_project 22912My portion group_project 22912
My portion group_project 22912kathieintile
 
Fashion in ancient civilizations
Fashion in ancient civilizationsFashion in ancient civilizations
Fashion in ancient civilizationsmswilsonri
 
38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols
38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols
38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbolsDoina Morari
 
Brooke's PowerPoint
Brooke's PowerPointBrooke's PowerPoint
Brooke's PowerPointDarleneUrwin
 
Science on the land edit
Science on the land editScience on the land edit
Science on the land editSheila Cavanagh
 

What's hot (18)

The Sioux Tribe
The Sioux TribeThe Sioux Tribe
The Sioux Tribe
 
Skylar tasmanian aborigines project
Skylar tasmanian aborigines projectSkylar tasmanian aborigines project
Skylar tasmanian aborigines project
 
Arctic Native Americans
Arctic Native AmericansArctic Native Americans
Arctic Native Americans
 
Dakota tribe
Dakota tribeDakota tribe
Dakota tribe
 
The Inuit Tribe
The Inuit TribeThe Inuit Tribe
The Inuit Tribe
 
The Dakota Sioux Presentation
The Dakota Sioux PresentationThe Dakota Sioux Presentation
The Dakota Sioux Presentation
 
Ottawa
OttawaOttawa
Ottawa
 
My portion group_project 22912
My portion group_project 22912My portion group_project 22912
My portion group_project 22912
 
Glossary
GlossaryGlossary
Glossary
 
The Apache Tribe
The Apache TribeThe Apache Tribe
The Apache Tribe
 
Chinook indians
Chinook indiansChinook indians
Chinook indians
 
Fashion in ancient civilizations
Fashion in ancient civilizationsFashion in ancient civilizations
Fashion in ancient civilizations
 
38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols
38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols
38704 the eskimo-early_people_s_symbols
 
Inuit tribe
Inuit tribeInuit tribe
Inuit tribe
 
Brooke's PowerPoint
Brooke's PowerPointBrooke's PowerPoint
Brooke's PowerPoint
 
Clothing
ClothingClothing
Clothing
 
Fashion
FashionFashion
Fashion
 
Science on the land edit
Science on the land editScience on the land edit
Science on the land edit
 

Viewers also liked

Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.
Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.
Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.Alan Stange
 
Elo Pepe British Columbia
Elo Pepe British ColumbiaElo Pepe British Columbia
Elo Pepe British Columbiaedulopez
 
Edmundston
EdmundstonEdmundston
Edmundstonsyljl
 
Fredericton
FrederictonFredericton
Frederictonsyljl
 
Saint John
Saint JohnSaint John
Saint Johnsyljl
 
Tourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC Presentation
Tourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC PresentationTourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC Presentation
Tourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC PresentationLesley Anderson
 
Victoria bc notes embed
Victoria bc notes embedVictoria bc notes embed
Victoria bc notes embedaisshare
 
British columbia canada
British columbia canadaBritish columbia canada
British columbia canadaGyörgy Vámos
 
A Tale of Two Bikeways
A Tale of Two BikewaysA Tale of Two Bikeways
A Tale of Two BikewaysDorothy Lê
 
The paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourism
The paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourismThe paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourism
The paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourismMarco Minghini
 
Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)
Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)
Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)ayu2606
 
Hiv management in saskatchewan m.stuber
Hiv management in saskatchewan   m.stuberHiv management in saskatchewan   m.stuber
Hiv management in saskatchewan m.stuberPASaskatchewan
 
Gulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority Trivia
Gulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority TriviaGulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority Trivia
Gulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority TriviaPeggy Thompson
 

Viewers also liked (20)

LA VENDÉE, France
LA VENDÉE,  FranceLA VENDÉE,  France
LA VENDÉE, France
 
Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.
Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.
Nova scotia.pptx ashley s.
 
Ppt regina
Ppt reginaPpt regina
Ppt regina
 
Elo Pepe British Columbia
Elo Pepe British ColumbiaElo Pepe British Columbia
Elo Pepe British Columbia
 
Edmundston
EdmundstonEdmundston
Edmundston
 
Fredericton
FrederictonFredericton
Fredericton
 
New brunswick
New brunswickNew brunswick
New brunswick
 
Saint John
Saint JohnSaint John
Saint John
 
Tourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC Presentation
Tourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC PresentationTourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC Presentation
Tourism Saskatchwan Host 2011 - CTC Presentation
 
Victoria bc notes embed
Victoria bc notes embedVictoria bc notes embed
Victoria bc notes embed
 
British columbia canada
British columbia canadaBritish columbia canada
British columbia canada
 
A Tale of Two Bikeways
A Tale of Two BikewaysA Tale of Two Bikeways
A Tale of Two Bikeways
 
Saskatchewan canada
Saskatchewan canadaSaskatchewan canada
Saskatchewan canada
 
Manitoba canada
Manitoba canadaManitoba canada
Manitoba canada
 
The paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourism
The paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourismThe paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourism
The paths of Regina: Web Mapping to promote slow tourism
 
Fall holidays in manitoba
Fall holidays in manitobaFall holidays in manitoba
Fall holidays in manitoba
 
Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)
Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)
Nova scotia presentation (ecep 101) (1)
 
Real Estate Abbreviations
Real Estate AbbreviationsReal Estate Abbreviations
Real Estate Abbreviations
 
Hiv management in saskatchewan m.stuber
Hiv management in saskatchewan   m.stuberHiv management in saskatchewan   m.stuber
Hiv management in saskatchewan m.stuber
 
Gulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority Trivia
Gulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority TriviaGulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority Trivia
Gulf Nova Scotia, Harbour Authority Trivia
 

Similar to Saskatchewan's First People

Haudenosaunee tribe bella
Haudenosaunee tribe bellaHaudenosaunee tribe bella
Haudenosaunee tribe bellajessicabupp
 
New the navajo tribe brynn
New the navajo tribe brynnNew the navajo tribe brynn
New the navajo tribe brynnjessicabupp
 
Northeast Native Americans
Northeast Native AmericansNortheast Native Americans
Northeast Native AmericansJenny Murphy
 
Northwest Native Americans
Northwest Native AmericansNorthwest Native Americans
Northwest Native AmericansJenny Murphy
 
Clothing 101 part2
Clothing 101 part2Clothing 101 part2
Clothing 101 part2Kermit Agbas
 
Native americans 3rd nov 1
Native americans 3rd nov 1Native americans 3rd nov 1
Native americans 3rd nov 1mebenvenuto
 
Daily Life Ancient Egypt
Daily Life   Ancient EgyptDaily Life   Ancient Egypt
Daily Life Ancient Egyptjessicab841
 
The Yurok Tribe - Historian Chase Little
The Yurok Tribe -  Historian Chase LittleThe Yurok Tribe -  Historian Chase Little
The Yurok Tribe - Historian Chase Littlejessicabupp
 
Stone age to Iron age
Stone age to Iron ageStone age to Iron age
Stone age to Iron ageVBamford
 
Epc slides final
Epc slides finalEpc slides final
Epc slides finalJanson Chen
 
Emma - PowerPoint
Emma - PowerPointEmma - PowerPoint
Emma - PowerPointgareth_cook
 
Inuit - Spencer
Inuit - SpencerInuit - Spencer
Inuit - Spencermrsrobb
 
If You Lived With The Iroquois
If You Lived With The IroquoisIf You Lived With The Iroquois
If You Lived With The Iroquoisagoldfar
 

Similar to Saskatchewan's First People (20)

Haudenosaunee tribe bella
Haudenosaunee tribe bellaHaudenosaunee tribe bella
Haudenosaunee tribe bella
 
New the navajo tribe brynn
New the navajo tribe brynnNew the navajo tribe brynn
New the navajo tribe brynn
 
Northeast Native Americans
Northeast Native AmericansNortheast Native Americans
Northeast Native Americans
 
Northwest Native Americans
Northwest Native AmericansNorthwest Native Americans
Northwest Native Americans
 
Clothing 101 part2
Clothing 101 part2Clothing 101 part2
Clothing 101 part2
 
Native americans 3rd nov 1
Native americans 3rd nov 1Native americans 3rd nov 1
Native americans 3rd nov 1
 
The Sioux
The SiouxThe Sioux
The Sioux
 
Daily Life Ancient Egypt
Daily Life   Ancient EgyptDaily Life   Ancient Egypt
Daily Life Ancient Egypt
 
Yurok - Richard
Yurok - RichardYurok - Richard
Yurok - Richard
 
Arctic Native Americans
Arctic Native AmericansArctic Native Americans
Arctic Native Americans
 
The Yurok Tribe - Historian Chase Little
The Yurok Tribe -  Historian Chase LittleThe Yurok Tribe -  Historian Chase Little
The Yurok Tribe - Historian Chase Little
 
Plateau
PlateauPlateau
Plateau
 
Stone age to Iron age
Stone age to Iron ageStone age to Iron age
Stone age to Iron age
 
Epc slides final
Epc slides finalEpc slides final
Epc slides final
 
Iroquois
IroquoisIroquois
Iroquois
 
Emma - PowerPoint
Emma - PowerPointEmma - PowerPoint
Emma - PowerPoint
 
Inuit - Spencer
Inuit - SpencerInuit - Spencer
Inuit - Spencer
 
Chinook indians
Chinook indiansChinook indians
Chinook indians
 
If You Lived With The Iroquois
If You Lived With The IroquoisIf You Lived With The Iroquois
If You Lived With The Iroquois
 
The Tlingit
The TlingitThe Tlingit
The Tlingit
 

Saskatchewan's First People

  • 3. Spears In the old days the first peoples used spears to hunt. The end was made of stone and the handle was made of wood or bones
  • 4. Hammers Hammers were used for crushing berries, breaking up firewood, and pounding. Hammers are made of rocks and skin straps and wood handles. They pound in stakes.
  • 5. Hide Scrapers and knives Hide scrapers were made of sharp bones and wood handles. they were to scrape hides and the knives are used for cutting
  • 6. Why Hammers Were Made? Hammers were made to break up fire wood, crush berries and pound stakes into the ground.
  • 7. What Were Hide Scrapers Made up of? Hide scrapers are made up of sharp bones or stones.
  • 8. The Handles Were Made up of Something? Hammers handle were made with skin straps and hide scrapers handles were made up of deer antlers or wood.
  • 9. How They Caught Animals The hunters used a decoys to attract the birds for their food. The small animals like rabbits, gophers and birds were caught with a snare traps.
  • 10. Hammers Did you know that hammers were made out of a rock for the top, wooden handle and skin straps? Hammers were used to crush berries and break up firewood.
  • 11. How They Made Arrows When the first nations people made arrows, they made them out of branches of an ash or willow tree. The arrows helped them hunt. The arrows were lighter than spears so more things or stuff could be carried.
  • 12. Knives Did you know that knives were made of sharp bones or stones?
  • 14. How They Get Quills The women were trained but not all of the women. They threw a blanket over the porcupine to get quills.
  • 15. How They Use Beads They used beads that were brighter and easier to work with. They used the beads for decoration.
  • 16. How They Made Stuff Bison robes and tipi covers were painted. The paint came from minerals.
  • 17. How They Decorate Their Tipis First nations decorated their tipis with lots of stuff. They somehow made glass beads and stuck it onto there tipi for decoration.
  • 18.
  • 19.
  • 21. What They Believed In -The First Nation People believed that the sun had great power. -They also believed that the earth was the mother of all things. -They believed in the Great Spirit.
  • 22. The Medicine Man -The Medicine Man has that name because he helps heal people. -He also would lead ceremonies and prayers to the Great Spirit.
  • 23. The Medicine Women -There is also Medicine Women! -They would collect the plants and herbs to cure the people. -Like people who had a cold .
  • 24. The Medicine Bundle -The Medicine Bundle was large. -It also had precious objects in it and would only be handled by certain people.
  • 25. The Dream Catcher The Dream Catcher was on top of a baby’s cradleboard. It was believed to sort bad dreams and the good dreams. The good dream go though the middle of the web.
  • 26. The Mandela The Mandela are similar to the shield and a Mandela gives good luck and happiness to the owner. and happiness luck to the owner. The Mandela are similar to the shied and a Mandela gives good
  • 27. The Shield The Shield had to protect to the owner. Shields were round and were made from the coat of the male bison.
  • 28. What a Sweat Lodge Is The Sweat Lodge was a dome-shaped tent made of willow branches. In the middle of the willow branch dome was a pit. The Sweat Lodge ceremony usually takes a couple of hours.
  • 29. What is Smudging ? Smudging means taking smoke in someone's hands and rubbing it on a body. Smudging was a cleansing they did in Saskatchewan. They burnt certain herbs .
  • 30.
  • 31. Sign Language The first nations used sign language on surprise attacks and hunting parties. The explores and fur traders would use sign language to help them . communicate
  • 32. Flying Animals The first nations used the eagles wings and bones for whistles. If you see an owl or hear a hoot it’s a sign of death or danger.
  • 33. Animals The coyote was a trickster to the first nations. Some tribes believed that the coyote would transform into a human. If the first nations left the bears alone it would not hurt them.
  • 34.
  • 35. Bad Luck Some times when the first nations had no luck they would have to pray to mother earth and lead the bison to their camp.
  • 37. What Clothing are Made of In the early days animal skin were used instead of cloth
  • 38.
  • 39.
  • 40. What Clothing Are Made Of Clothing was made of animals like deer, antelope and moose. The leggings that woman used to wear were made of buckskin. Dresses were made of hide and high boots were made of buffalo hide.
  • 41.
  • 42.
  • 43. Food
  • 44. Buffalo The buffalo was cut up and roasted on a spit. The stomach was used as a pot
  • 45.
  • 46.
  • 48. Babies Babies were wrapped in a Moss Bag and tied to a Cradle Board
  • 49. Women The women had to put up and take down the tipis. The women had to raise the children and had to gather the food. The women had to prepare the food and had to make clothing. They had to do the quilting and bead work. They taught the girls to do the same things
  • 50. Men The men would have to hunt and protect the family. The men would have to teach the young men how to hunt and fight. They would have to make shields, tools, and weapons.
  • 51. To Make Tools And Hunt The men Taught the boys to hunt and to make tools.
  • 52. How old boys are when they hunt The boys are 12 years old when they get taught to hunt
  • 53. How Many duties Women Have Women have around 14 more duties than men have. So women have to work harder than men.
  • 54. Berries Berries were food for the first nations people. The first nations picked them off of bushes.
  • 55. Meat The first nations also ate antelope, deer, elk, and moose. small animals were often caught in snare traps .
  • 56. How jerky Was Made Meat was cut in to strips and hung on a tripod .It was mostly dried/ smoked meat .
  • 57. Tipis
  • 58. How Big A Tipis There was enough room for 5 or 7 peoples to sleep in it.
  • 59. Who Lives in Them The people that live in them are called First Nations people.
  • 60. How Beds Are Made The beds are made from bison skin. They wear placed against the inside.
  • 61. What Lined the Outside and the Inside of a Tipi On the inside fur skins lined the floor. The outside though they would line it with rocks or snow to keep warm in the winter. The fur on the inside was bear, deer or buffalo. They put rocks down to keep the tipi from blowing away.
  • 62. How big is a tipi The biggest tipi that was ever built was sixteen feet wide. It could hold a family of five to seven people.
  • 63. What was inside The beds in a tipi were made from buffalo skin. Inside a fire was used to cook food. Even though the tipi was big it had not a lot of furniture.
  • 64. Setting Up and Taking Down The women can setup the tipi in less than an hour. The women could take the tipi down in minutes. The tipi was very easy to set up and take down.
  • 65. How Big was a Tipi? A tipi was five meters wide.
  • 66. Do They Have A Fire Inside? A fire pit inside the tipi was for cooking and for heat .
  • 68. Early Transportation The first people had to walk until they got dogs to pull their heavy loads. The Spanish explorers were the ones who brought the horses to North America. In the 1700s some horses ran away to the north.
  • 69. The Birch Bark Canoe The Algonquin Indians used the Birch Bark Canoe for many things like fishing, hunting, and collecting wild rice. It especially helped them with fishing.
  • 70. Red River Carts The Red River Carts were used to pull very heavy loads. It could float on water so they used it as a raft too. The oxen and horses pulled the red river cart because the people didn’t want to pull by themselves.
  • 71. Why they soaked their boat . The boat was first soaked in water because it makes it easier to float through the water. And people used it to get from place to place.
  • 72.