Hygiene (or lack there-of) on the Frontier and a Brief History of Tin |PIONEER LIFE CIRCA 1700's
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2024
- Peter begins his day by making a new washboard in preparation for wash day on the frontier. He heats water over the fire in his rumford fireplace and scrubs a shirt. He discusses hygiene, the belief that cleansing the body was a bad idea and the proliferation of diseases carried by fleas and lice. He also gives a brief history of the use and importance of tin in the 18'th and 19'th centuries.
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When I was a very small child, my Grandmother on my Dads side didn’t have running water. I remember her washing clothes in an old wringer washer with the rollers on top and a hand crank. If there were difficult spots, she used a washboard not unlike yours. She drew water from the well (best tasting water on Earth) and heated it on the stove. When I stayed the night with her, I took a bath in a big galvanized tub on the back porch. I would have the water all splashed out about the time that the next pot got hot on the stove. When I looked like a prune, and soap suds were all over the yard, ( I would see how far I could blow them), she made me get out. 🤗 Those are some of my best memories.🐝🤗❤️
Those are wonderful memories, Deborah and I thank you for sharing them with us.
My momma used a wringer washer most of her life. She preferred it over a modern day washer. I filled and carried many buckets of water to fill 2 galvanized rinse tubs as I grew up over the years. But, mom wouldn’t hesitate to use her washboard in the kitchen sink instead of using the wringer washer. I even saw her wash, by hand, some of my dads Carhart bib coveralls in the kitchen sink. The fun part was line drying things outside in the winter! Lol
@@munchkin5674 lol! Yeah, more frozen than dried, and they could stand up by themselves! 🐝🤗❤️
@@TheWoodlandEscape You’re most welcome🐝🤗❤️
@@deborahdanhauer8525 Where do you think they got the term "freeze dried"? lol
Good morning Peter. Hope all are well my friend
Indeed, all is well and I trust with you as well.
I once read an old account written by a priest in the New World in the mid1600s. He was camping at an Indian village and an elderly Native man was very sick. He didn’t expect him to live through the night. In the morning he went into a sweat hut, as he called it and thought the old man would surely die as a result. After a time the Native man’s wife broke the thin ice from the creek and the old man jumped in the icy water. The priest felt certain he would die. On the next morning the Native man went about his business as usual with no signs of illness. Of course the priest suspected some dark magic. I read this in some of my old booms called Addison’s Works. Another interesting true story, according to Addison. The three volumes were printer in the early 1800s and are accounts from the 17th and 28th centuries. Now back to your wash Kind Sir! By the way my Mentor said his mother made a salve for deodorant that the family used. He was one of 13 children. The salve was lard based with herbs John reckoned. Kind Thanks! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania
I’ve heard a similar story, thanks for sharing, Davey.
Es ist für mich immer wieder eine Bereicherung von Dir über die Geschichte jener Zeit zu hören
viele Grüße aus Deutschland /Schwabenland
Translation from German to English: It is always enriching for me to hear from you about the history of that time
Many greetings from Germany / Swabia.
I do thank you for the translation. We appreciate your interest and support.
My grandmother was still using a washboard sometimes in the 1960s between trips to the laundry. I've been known to use a toilet plunger to wash things in a bucket when I lived in a cabin in Alaska. I had an outhouse so that plunger had never been in a toilet.
Good to know that plunger was clean, lol. Interesting story, thanks for sharing.
When the snow is that deep... there is a lot to be said for staying by the fire, eating hot food, and drinking warm beverages! Soak in that heat while telling the stories, singing the songs, and sharing your adventures with us. Spring, and its chores, is just around the corner and coming on fast!
Not here and certainly not today….got another 6” last night.
Thanks for another great one Peter. I still use lye soap. If you have ever been exposed to poison ivy or poison oak just wash good with lye soap & just slightly warm water. It will keep it from breaking out even if you can start to feel itchy! I know in years past a white sunday shirt was called a "boiled shirt" before the days of laundry bleach. Love your channel! I watch every episode. You are a wealth of knowledge for us history buffs.
Flattered Mark, thank you. I actually call my one an only good (still white) shirt, “ my go to meeting shirt.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Hang in the dew which is on the acidic side and let it hand in the sun which will bleach it. Thebest they could do at the time.
Looking at your fireplace reminds me of my Grandmother's one.
Her house was built in 1776, a mile or so from John Paul Jones's birthplace, about the same time the USA was founded.
It must have been the height of fashion at the time!
Thanks for your interesting video.👍
Wow, now that’s some history. Is it still in the family?
@@TheWoodlandEscape My mother lives in the house now but the fireplace was modernised some years ago,.
Interestingly, l was digging up a leaking water pipe yesterday and found some familiar looking bricks. Parts of that old fireplace , no less!
Thanks for sharing and the history lesson
Our pleasure, Kim and thanks for your interest.
Herzliche Grüße aus Österreich!
Greetings from Austria!
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!
A special treat as I missed this one last week! I had never heard it called a dutch oven. I've always known it as a reflector oven. Thanks to you I've learned something new today.
There you go Bill, if we are not learning we’re dead.
Very interesting !!
Man I got to say it’s a joy to watch your channel. Your an inspiration. I’ve been going back watching your older cabin build videos. I want to do what you’ve done. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸God bless y’all.
You, sir have been a faithful viewer and it is sincerely appreciated.
I wish I could remember the book, but I read an account once of "swimming the Ohio River" being a frontier bath.
Thanks, Peter, for another great video. Keep warm!
I’m sure it was crossed many times out of necessity given the turbulent history of the time frame we portray.
We are having a woodland escape marathon as long as we can keep our eyes open. Just returned from a long road trip half way across the states primitive camping, so can appreciate the timely hygiene video. On that note, we are moving to the sticks to homestead (hence the road trip to buy land) and I’m pretty sure Peter Kelly was mentioned if not at least thought of every day of our trip! We are getting caught up on your latest videos and Wee Bits! Do you mind sharing the approximate dimensions of the cabin? We are planning to build a structure of some sort and wondering about the size of yours. Many thanks as always for sharing your fantastic and impressive experience walking out the pioneer life! Heidi and Preston
Nothing beats a good road trip, especially when there is a sound purpose … congratulations on getting your land. As my dad used to say, it is the one thing they can’t make anymore of. Our cabin is 12 x 16. Pretty tiny to actually live in. Go luuck on your homesteading endevour.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you!
Peter, I certainly enjoy your “wee bits of history”, thanks for another great video.
Our pleasure, Jay and thank you for your interest.
Who wouldn’t love building a cabin, farmstead and all accoutrements, hunting, fishing and preserving your food all the while taking great pride in all you do. The knowledge transfer in these videos is fantastic. Much thanks.
I’m deeply flattered!
Thanks for another great video.
As I'm sure you know, the clothes could be put on a line out side to freeze and brought in to thaw without even a drip on the cabin floor.
An ash hopper and soap making, possibly by a guest soap maker, would be a great hygeine followup to this video. 😃
Good idea on the soap making video, I’ll definitely give that some thought.
What a great video and history lesson. Thank you for a great chat.
Thanks, Beverly.
Good morning. Great history lesson.
Thanks, Steve.
I love history! Thank you for this video!
A true passion of mine ad well, thanks Karen.
Great lesson, thanks so much! So informative
Thanks, Tammy.
Very well done! Thanks for all the info!
Glad it was helpful!
I could listen to you all day, a pure artisan, just carry on what you are doing
Well Tim, that’s a flattering compliment, thank you.
Another great video! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good Peter. Thanks for the great history lessons you provide us.
Glad you’re enjoying, Paul.
Great episode as alway Peter! Just a note, Typhus is transmitted by body lice, ticks, mites and rat fleas.Typhoid has similar symptoms but is contracted through fecal contamination of food. Going to look into the Park House Museum, think I need a set of candle moulds here real soon.Thanks for the tip!
Keep warm and I look forward to your next episode.
That is what I had meant to say and we didn’t even catch it when we got down to editing. Your quite observant!
For 4 years while offgrid , starting out in a used camper, I bathed daily in the campers small tub , boiling water on the lpgas stove .
Then the first 2 years in my cabin as I finished it . I had a a large tool tote for a tub , heating water on the wood stove . Bathed everyday , worked on a Casino floor , I stayed clean until my cabin was finished .
Now I have water heater shower ,
Modern offgrid cabin 20×24 .
Thanks for sharing, sounds like a memorable time.
Питер, спасибо за видео, как всегда, пробуждает к жизни
Thanks for another well done video. Would love to see that tin, Dutch oven in action. That’s a new one on me.
Thanks for the kind words and your interest in channel.
Just subscribed, and loving every video. Thank you.
Thanks Hayward, I really appreciate your support.
Nice talked about the brief history of tin Peter.
Thank you.
Thank you for this very informative video. That was a wee-bit of history I’ve never heard before.
Also, yesterday I received my Country Classics Authentic Projects You Can Build In One Weekend, book you introduced me too. The item I am most excited about is the Independent Hall candle holder, it’s quite a charmer.
That is a beautiful piece and the book is amazing.
Appreciate your efforts and dedication! The information you shared on the establishment where you purchased your tin is much appreciated. I haven't forgotten about trying to get you information on the design of my adjustable shave horse. It's in the works. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!
Your been a loyal follower of our channel, Ashley and it is sincerely appreciated. Watch your top knot.
Thanks for another great video and a good bit of history. My dad always told us about his aunt making lye soap, he said when you took a bath and washed with that soap you really knew you were clean!
So did my mom and yup, you knew you were clean, lol.
A place for everything and everything in its place! Well done good man!
Thanks Millie.
You need a Filipina to help out there. Most don't realize they still wash the same way. At the creek on rocks, or a public fountain with concrete basin. It's interesting to see people today still washing the old way.
Life was hard, for sure and for certain and for a lot of the world’s poor, nothing has changed in 300 years.
Hey Peter! Hope you are staying healthy and safe out there in the wilderness. It's funny you brought up lye soap in this video. I actually have an old jar with homemade lye soap in it that was given to my dad several years ago. The lady that give it to my dad, lived in a dog run log cabin that she had lived in all her life. It was originally built in 1865 and was still standing all those years later. She also give him a board that come off her front porch that still had the original square nails in it. I had never seen real lye soap until dad brought that jar home. I have no idea how old it is, it was old when it was given to dad. :)
Neat story, James. I suspect it is still usable but, not sure I’d want to be the first to scrub up with it.
Thank you very much for another interesting video. You sure have a lot of work and possible content for future videos. With the workshop project, birch bark canoe, teaching us the weave straps on the loom, and planting the garden again.
Not likely to run out of subject matter any time soon. I’m tired just thinking about it, lol.
By the way, when does the turkey season start?
April 15th and I can’t wait. My favorite hunt, hands down.
Oh for a can of Right Guard on the Frontier, very educational and lots of fun as usual.
Might have required more than a single can, Rodger.
2:40 for some reason I'm so glad to be living where I can avoid doing this chore :) Thinking about my ancestors, high five to them! Thanks for another informative video. You rock!
High five indeed!
Hi Peter & Cathy
Just 'tidying up' on the last few of your videos that Rachel, my wife and life partner, have'nt watched...... what the hell are we gonna do when we've watched them all? (We are woodland owners in England ... so to answer our own question: We WILL be following/doing some of your many projects). Kudos to you and Cathy for such dedication to 'living history' as we call it in UK. We are currently making our own wood store as per your pattern!
Having just enjoyed this video.... would you say that the fit-out of your log cabin would be an example of a more 'well-to-do' or sucessful pioneer?
PLEASE keep on doing what you are doing! Much'o appreciation from Shropshire England..... our wood is called 'Ramble High Wood' and is designated a 1600's 'Ancient Woodland' which has legal protection under english law! Anyway Rachel and I just love the work you and Cathey do.... keep going! Loyalist's Steve & Rachel
Thank you so much for the encouragement. Our cabin would have been a “starter” cabin. It would have provided shelter until a larger home could be build. Many of the initial shelters were later turned into animal shelters.
I can think of no better place to be on a cold ugly winter day. The cabin looks great. Looks like you want for nothing. As always, thanks for sharing!
You got that right, Steven. We lack for nothing. It is really surprising to see how comfortable one can be with so little.
Another enthralling titbit of history.
I think my hygiene might take a bit of a dip given your winter temperatures, lack if insulation & the need to stay warm.
You bring up a good point and I suspect that was true to mark back then. Swimming in the lake on a hot day in August is a wee bit more appealing.
Another great video, thank you for sharing! Perhaps one day you can demonstrate how the Dutch oven was used? It looks very intriguing. Thanks again for all of the wonderful videos.
Great suggestion, Karen. Do you mean the real Dutch Oven which is the tin rotisserie or the cast iron one? The cast iron one only took on the name after wood stoves replaced fireplaces.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I was speaking of the original, tin Dutch oven. I had never seen one before, since my comment I did see another of your videos where a chicken was cooked in it. Is it only a rotisserie or can the Dutch oven reflector be used for cooking other foods also?
I seem to remember a chapter in one of the "Foxfire" books where they show how to make lye soap from wood ash. That might make an interesting episode to watch?
I sometimes drink my coffee from a tin cup that a reenacting friend made for me. A tinware cup is instantly hot but cools down quick to drink.
Love the Foxfire books and there is a chapter on soap making. Thanks for the idea.
That’s either the least used, or the best cared for tin I’ve ever seen. But I suppose items that were hard to come by were well taken care of back then.
A bit of both, Jim. All tin ware is thin steel that was hot dipped in tin. As long as one didn’t scratch the tin it wouldn’t rust. They also used a mild acid like vinegar to clean up rusty areas.
Ron and Justine sent me over to check your vlogs out! Love what you're doing!
Thank yo and thanks to Justine and Ron. Their channel is certainly an authentic look into the amazing history of North America.
Same here.
Wish you had taken us outside to see the weather. Living in a city that doesn’t see snow, I do miss that time after the storm where’s it’s deathly quiet and nothing stirs.
My favorite season by far is winter. Everything is a bit harder to accomplish but, oh the beauty and as you point out the quietness of it all!
Hello from Detroit Michigan USA brother great video thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise
Sorry for taking your historic house away, lol.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Perfectly OK they would have burned it down in the ghetto anyway Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise I And my family really enjoying your channel
W e are flattered by your interest in our endevour.
Hi old friend . I hope you dusted the beam before drapping the shirt over it.😃 l love your chats when you start chuckling to yourself. Great video as always. John (UK)
Darn, that’s where that stain came from … thanks for your continued interest, John.
@@TheWoodlandEscape hahaha there you go again. With that “Darn” 😂😂😂
Thanks for the tip on Park House. I was unaware of them. I had thought that perhaps your tinware came from Pietersma or Townsends.
Great prices as well and if your American, your dollar compared to ours makes their stuff even more affordable.
What agreat relaxing life you get! like that!!
We kinda like it!
My grandmother had 2 wash boards an aggressive one for outer garments and a less aggressive one for night cloths and under garments. See would not was night cloths in a washing machine when I was young. No sharp corners anywhere on the non aggressive wash board and not slotted so deep.The finer materials would catch or tear. Didn't want to tear her chemise. My grand father made both . She had them hanging in the wash room and everybody would laugh at them, till we were out of power for 7 weeks after a hurricane in 1962. Women were lined up to was under cloths every morning.
That is a great story … I love it people like you share these gems!
My wife grew up in Korea during the '50s-way out in the countryside. They washed their clothes in the river, beating and scrubbing them on rocks. Winter or summer. She still vividly remembers her hands aching in the icy river water during winter.
Hard to imagine and still to this day, millions of poor people around this planet, still have no alternative.
Love the hygiene and tin education.👍👍 Was the antibacterial activity of silver used in the 1700s?
Now that’s something I can’t answer but, I most definitely research it … thanks for planting the seed.
Very interesting on how long an apprenticeship was for tin making. I would like to hear more about making copper ware. My mug I use today is a copper mug.
Great suggestion for a future episode. I continue to keep my eyes open to find tin smithing tools. Something I’d love to learn.
Oh that's great I'm doing some tin work myself I have all the tools I have to get some hand crank machines I have rollers I have to tin Smith anvils very cool crafts I do shoe making broom making and tinsmith thank you for the video you guys are the best
Love to see your shop Booby and thanks for your kind words.
Peter, thank you sharing another informative, interesting video. Curious, at the end of the video are you wiping the tin pieces to dry them or are you treating them with something?
Thank you for sharing your source for the tinware, we are impressed with their large selection and prices.
Simply drying them. If keep dry, one reduces the probability of rust. The museum is a great source.
I have looooong wondered about the 'hygiene' of the early years as this period fits in with my GGGGGGGGreat Grandfather's landing/homesteading on île d'Orléans, QC. IMAGINE! King Louis XIV became his own 'headache'! Poor Dr. who had to tell him so (ONLY 2 BATHS) = YIKES! Perhaps it was the inspiration for the comic; 'Pepè Le Pew'! LOL I would imagine too that at this 'delicate' time of; 'odorous' comradery', the wooden 'clothes peg' was first introduced. Not so much 4 clothing as for using on one's nose! LOL! I am pleased to note that the concept of soap seems to begin with a Frenchman, and further to hygiene's importance; Louis Pasteur. MUCH better impression than; Pepé. LOL! Imagine what WAR must have been for the poor soldiers! Finished watching the 1984 series on George Washington. In the art of his (George's) attack, 'silence' was their fortè. HOW was 'silence' useful, when you could smell the enemy for miles? :) Nice piece of work Peter = washboard. Good steady hand Catherine! Thanks for sharing-your-wealth with us all. Health and God Bless!
And once again, Marie, you have give me my daily laugh … actually a couple with this one!
It would seem that it would be easier to heat up a few large chunks of iron and drop them into the water to bring it up to boil.
That would be effective all right.
You need a different type of music for this: something like 'I Got The Walnut Washboard Blues.' I smiled to see you using every pot and pan in the place on Washday.😀 I have also seen that roaster called a Tin Kitchen...and I have wanted one ever since I sold the house with the fireplace.🙄
Yup, that song would work just fine … thanks for the laugh.
That piece of wooden equipment that held your washboard while you was using the chisel
Sir, what is that equipment called and how do you build one
Peter a question could you put rocks from the fireplace by or around the ditch oven to reflect the heat to warm a certain part or the cabin just a idea from your educational videos love always Freddie
I suspect that would have some impact on raising the cabin temperature. I do put them in the bottom of my blankets and believe me, that will warm ones toes up nicely.
Wow! Peter What a neat washboard I see you make something out of nothing Wonderful! Very interesting!
You’ve just summed up my life , Rebecca.
Bathing.... Weren't the medical books and training from the ancient Romans and Greeks available after the Renaissance? Not to mention travelers to Spain and the Islamic countries where they practiced hygiene and bathing as part of their religious rituals? I get that there were stigmas with that but I would think that aside from concerns about bathing in the Winter they would have practiced at least hand, face, and maybe torso bathing especially in the warmer months. This is where it's sometimes hard to separate our 20th/21st sentiments and habits from what we likely would have done in the 18th c. I do think I would have washed at least my face and hands in the cold months and the rest in warmer times..... 🙂 Also, what were the Native American hygiene practices? I would think that many on the frontier would pick up Native American practices.
All good points, Josh. There were many cultures that practiced good hygiene throughout the ages but, Europeans seem to be the exception. Your right, washing of hands and face were common it was simply the ingrained notion that full body bathing was detrimental to ones health. Natives on the other hand were very fastidious about bathing but, Europeans, for the most part considered then savages. Lots of factors I suspect from know medicine at the time, religion and even modesty.
I d like to say thanks for pushing me to make time to visit a local living museum. I live in w ny not far from the Genesee Country museum and never have. I know it s shameful. Have you ever heard of it?
Actually, Stan, my wife and I used to live down that way, near Bath, NY. I’ve actually visited the Genesee Museum. Stepping back in time can be a lot of fun.
Hi Peter,
Very interesting as always. Would I be right in thinking that they didn’t have the technology in the 18th century to be able to form a vessel from a blank sheet of tin as might be possible today in a modern factory that could possibly press an item out of the sheet under hydrostatic pressure in which case the Tinsmith would have had to solder sections together, presumably using lead? If that is correct, was there any history of lead poisoning or did that only happen once food was stored in lead soldered tin cans?
Best wishes,
Mark
Both lead and tin solder was used. As to lead solder, one need only look at the demise of the Franklin Expedition to see the results of lead poisoning. Sealed cans at the time of this expedition were brand new technology and the consumption of the food proved fatal.
Thanks for your reply Peter. Yes, the Franklin expedition was a very sad case of putting full faith into a new technology without understanding the risks. Obviously, in the 18th Century canned food didn’t exist so any lead contamination was going to be extremely low dosages but is there any evidence that lead poisoning did happen as a result of the solder used or was this either not an issue or was lead related illness put down to another cause? Many older houses in the UK still have lead water mains. The house I grew up in as well as the one I’ve lived in for 20 years still have lead pipes from the street main to the main stopcock in the property and as far as I am aware neither I or my family have not suffered any medical issues as a result so maybe it wasn’t an issue in the 18th century either. (Puts on a nasal nerdy voice) I just find these things interesting!
Best wishes,
Mark
Where does your music come from? It's great
Two fellow musician friends of mine from Nova Scotia. Heading down there in April and we play till the wee hours of the morn at kitchen parties.
@@TheWoodlandEscape That sounds like a hoot and a half. If there is any way for me to purchase these songs I would be interested for sure.
Don’t think Richard and Al actually sell there music, they simply enjoy it. I guess they don’t want their musical instrument cases to become tool boxes. I will inquire when I see them in April.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I can understand that, no pressure. Greatly appreciated, though.
I am about to join you for a cup Peter☕
That would be wonderful.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Just Curious, Park House ,is that by chance
☆John Park NorthWestTradingCompany?
☆Joseph House was his Affiliate.
☆Margarite was their Indiginous Guide.
Park House Museum is located in Ontario. They have a web site if you Google it. Great products and great prices.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Very Well Peter ,I shall do just that and Thankyou, U'Siyam ,Masi Cho.
I am having a cup of coffee right now as I text you and Cathy this fine Mornin🌄
Wish you would show how to cook with the Dutch Oven, thanks
We have demonstrated cooking in the oven in a number of episodes . I assume you mean the tin oven the stands in front of the fire. After it went out favor cast iron lidded pots replaced them and they continued to call them Dutch ovens.
What did they use to secure their tin pieces as a solder? I have some family enamel from the 1920s which I guess was the poor man's tin of the Era.
No expert but, it is my understanding that they used tin wire solder which as we know is food safe. I don’t think they used lead solder until the sealed tin can was invented and we know the results of that if one studies the demise of the Franklin expedition searching for a northwest passage in he Arctic.
So how does the type of tin you're using "weather" over time? Is there anything you have to be careful putting on it/into it, like acidic fruits or vegetables? Will the acids react with the metal?
It stands up incredibly well, Lori. As long as the tin doesn’t get scratched down to the underlying steel at which point it will rust. Still usable but, not as pretty. As to acidic foods, it has no effect on it.
Peter, do you have a link to the tinsmith?
Not off the top of my head but, simply google the Park House Museum and their web site will come up. Their prices are also very good.
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I know this isn’t the video. But you had one with a water keg. My question is how do you maintain this keg and do you drink the water out of it or only use for dishes and such ?
Hi Mike, I think I’ve answered that in your next question. Wooden barrels can be perfectly safe for potable water.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Thank you!
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Please tell me what the title of the song with the violin as major instrument thanks
Wish I could help, friends supply us the music and often is original. I’m trying to get them to give me a list with titles.
I noticed steam coming from Peter’s mouth as he sits by the fire. Is it still that cold inside the cabin with a fire going?
I wouldn’t call it cold but, not exactly toasty warm. We have had some pretty cold temperatures this winter… it is minus25 c this morning or minus 15 f. The biggest heat loss is the old single pane Windows. I actually sewing some double wool drapes today to help address the problem.
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You mentioned at the end that you would be moving the log house somewhere else to be a blacksmith shop!! Does that mean you will not be making your videos anymore?
No intention on stopping and the cabin we are taking down will be moved a reconstructed at The Woodland Escape. We hope to film the process.
They will be deconstructing a different cabin and bringing it to this location, Take care x
Where could I find a flintlock musket
Where about do you live? You could send me an email and I’ll try and help you out.
I use silver cups only
Have you done a video of making soap?
Not yet but, that is a great idea, Mike. Thanks for planting the seed.l
It rather looked as though you didn’t rinse the soap out of the shirt in fresh clean water before you ringed it out and hung it up, is that the way they did it?
I’m pretty confident that they would have used new water and to be honest, I can’t remember, perhaps I missed a step, lol.
@@TheWoodlandEscape Thanks for reply.😁
how does our fireplace do in heating that beautiful cabin??
Pretty inefficient by today’s standards but, one doesn’t freeze, lol. Good until we get to around -20 F and then a wee bit of a challenge. The windows are the biggest heat loss and trying to be true to 1700’s construction, no insulation.
@@TheWoodlandEscape i am thinking of a cabin similar to yours, if you dont mind me asking what is the size of that beauty?
About 12x.16, give or take.
The art of keeping clean might have been a problem for the Europeans. Not so for Native Americans who practiced "going to water" daily even when they had to break ice. Clothing, not a problem, running water and clothes scrubbed against rocks works well on leather garments.
As I understand it, Larry, one of the most disgusting habits Europeans had that really repulsed natives was the practice of using a handkerchief. They couldn’t get there heads around them using them and then carrying them around with them for repeated use.
@@TheWoodlandEscape if you don't mind I'll give you another comment somewhat related. According to Cherokee myth the animals wanted to take vengeance on men because men were wastefully killing too many of them. They decided to strike back by giving men diseases. The plants, friends of men, upon hearing this got together and agreed that for each disease there would be a plant to provide a cure. It has been that way ever since. Now, just think about that for a minute, then tell me how wise were our Native People. Take care my friend and watch out for sniffles.
You will certainly get no argument from me, Larry, we are definitely on the same page. Most diseases known today come from Europeans close contact with animals. The book Guns, Germs and Steel is a fascinating read on the subject.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you. I'll keep an eye out for that book. It was at one time my privilege to teach a course on Indian studies. From the research I did in preparation I learned a great many things. The New World and its people simply transformed Europe. From these continents came wealth and abundant specie for trade, something the Europeans had not had in abundance. With new foods European populations grew. Not least was influence on political thought. Impossible, but I wish we could sit down over a dram and have a good long discussion. Take care, Sir. I'll be looking forward to your next video.
Nothing would please me more, sir. Conversation over a nice dram is always interesting … our conversation may require a couple of drams.
I note you carry only a rifle. Was that typical during times? I refer to the lack of a pistol.
The carrying of a pistol in the era we portray on the frontier was quite uncommon according to my research. More often than not they carried a smoothbore and not a rifle. The flintlock musket was expensive, most could only afford one and the smoothbore was versatile, as one could use either shot or round ball.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I appreciate the distinction between "smoothbore" and "rifle". thankyou
well Daniel Boone and David Crockett would have found the laundry matt indin jump laundry matt
one of the 3 jumps the other roll into the ice-cold river get to for the price of one bath and your laundry washed at the same time too do not forget to air dry the Indian when you're done if you good caught a fish at the same time too back them was not that hard if you used your brains laughing
i did try MR WON BRY-CLEANER one yea had rice in my underwear for a month
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These pretend Wannabes alwaamuse me
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