The Three Sister & The Colonial Garden.

The three sisters is the name given to three vegetables that the woodland Indians always grew and were most important to them for survival. These were/are beans, corn, and pumpkins. If you look into the medical and nutritional properties of these vegetables you will understand why they are so important.
We still have other beans to plant, but we planted broad beans in winter and they withstood the frosts and we have been eating beans since spring.
We have the corn in and the pumpkins and the last good rainfall has brought them all up. We have also planted Jerusalem Artichokes as they were a mainstay of colonial settlers along with their corn.
The above image shows our first garden site at the new house. This snake fencing or dog leg fencing keeps all out but the rabbits and possums and other small rodents.

Raid At Martins Station Reenactment.

Mid 18th Century List Of Goods Supplied To French Indians Under Bougainville For Winter Raids On The English .

Supplies for the 45 Abenaki warriors
45 pounds of gunpowder in a keg
90 pounds of ball in two bags of one eighth of an ell
45 butcher knives
45 folding knives
45 flint and steel and tinderbox with tinder
45 worms
20 awls
200 gun flints
12 tumplines
10 untanned deerskins
20 tomahawks
200 arrow heads
45 deerskins weighing 121 pounds
10 pairs of snowshoes
15 ells of mazamet in 45 pairs of mittens
6 small crib blankets to make shoe liners
12 toboggans
50 pounds of tobacco
12 stone pipes
10 ells of molton in 10 pairs of leggings
22 ells of mazamet and 4 ounces of Rennes thread in 4 capotes
36 ells of Lyon linen in 12 shirts
6 - 2 and a half point blankets
12 crooked knives
4 pounds of vermilion
1 and a half ells of broadcloth in 6 breech cloths
4 uncovered kettles weighing 23 pounds
The New World Woodsman, 1700-1760. His clothing, arms and equipment. By Keith H. Burgess (Unpublished manuscript).

Woodland Indian Trade List 1703.

Note in this list the 18th century "S", it is not an "f". Also note the use of the term Truckmaster instead of Trader, I think this is the first time I have seen this used although I was aware of the term "truck" and Truck Garden. Truck seems to have been a word to describe wares, trade items and garden produce.

I have seperated this list into two parts, the header, and the actual list itself to hopefully enlarge it and make it easier to read. Just click on the list to enlarge.