Posted on 04/22/2009 9:48:31 AM PDT by AJKauf
They had all those slaves,so did many indian tribes guess they made the slaves make pointy sticks.
I don;t think you are seeing the culture, only the technology. Don't bother to point out the drunken perversion of Indian culture present in the dregs of Indian society on reservations either.
There are winos and druggies, the homeless and bums in every culture.
Why build a road when the major trade was done along rivers? Just like other cultures.
There you go!
***The wheel requires roads, limits travel, and is higher maintenance. Hardly an improvement, especially in mud or snow. ***
The early traders did well with Red River carts.
***The wheel requires roads, limits travel, and is higher maintenance. Hardly an improvement, especially in mud or snow. ***
The early traders did well with Red River carts.
The Metis hunted for the Northwestern Fur company, and HBC as well as others and were crack shots.
The part of the plains they frequented had either been glaciated or was lake plain (former lake bottom of Glacial Lake Agassiz, known today as the Red River Valley). South and west of that, (south of the Missouri River) the terrain is more conducive to travois than the wheel, with the exception of the river bottoms in mid to late summer, which are already navigable for most of the rest of the year.
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