How Did Pioneers Make Maple Syrup?
In Upper and Lower Canada in the 1800s, the aboriginal people showed the pioneers how to make maple syrup. The pioneers could have sweet food. You make maple syrup in late February and March. To make maple syrup you need to drill a hole on a slant on the trunk of a maple tree. Next, you need to hit a spiget into a tree with a hammer. Then, you get a bucket to catch the sap. You need to make a fire to boil the sap and the sap water evaporates. Finally, the sugar makes maple syrup.
How Did The Aboriginal Help The Pioneers With Faming?
The aboriginal helped the pioneers with farming. The aboriginal people showed the pioneers how to harvest and use corn. The aboriginal people showed the pioneers how to make corn. They also helped the pioneers plant squash, beans and pumpkins.
How Did Aboriginal Help The Pioneers With Hunting And Trapping?
The aboriginal people helped the pioneers hunt for animals. Aboriginal people taught the pioneers how to preserve meat so in the winter the pioneers would have food to eat. The aboriginals taught the pioneers how to prepare animal hides for clothing. Finally, the aboriginal people showed the pioneers how to use and build snowshoes, toboggans and birch bark canoes.