Comments on: Jeffers Petroglyphs – Evidence of Early America

By: Robin ~ PENSIEVE

Robin ~ PENSIEVE — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:12:39 +0000

Where’s your picture with the horns?

I learned something this morning; I never heard (or at least don’t remember hearing) the term “petroglyph” before. Amazing how well preserved they are.

It’s also an interesting lesson in ingenuity–I wonder how many “things” they tried before figuring out a buffalo’s stomach lining was usable!

(ick!)

By: genny

genny — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:26:25 +0000

How fun, and fascinating! Looks like a great tiime.

By: dana

dana — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:22:55 +0000

That looks like a very interesting place and I did not know that about the buffalo! We saw lots of Buffalo on our trip to Glacier this summer..

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:01:29 +0000

It was a serious learning opportunity for us – we hadn’t thought about how they cooked either. For many American Indians, pots didn’t come until the French Voyageurs did. They couldn’t cook over a direct flame with the stomach lining – so they had to put hot rocks inside the stomach lining. Isn’t that amazing?

By: Pamela The Dust

Pamela The Dust — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:41:22 +0000

“D” haven’t I seen you at the opera?

They cooked in the lining of the stomach. I’d never even thought about what they would have used as cooking utensils. I feel a bit stupid.

By: Holly Schwendiman

Holly Schwendiman — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:59:53 +0000

I think “D” just found a new crown…tee hee

Hugs,
Holly

By: Beth/Mom2TwoVikings

Beth/Mom2TwoVikings — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:16:35 +0000

Oh, Kelly – you HAVE to tell me more specifically where this place is. Can I Google it?

DaHubby and I used to come to MN each summer to go to BWCAW til we had the Vikings and are counting the days til Pojke’s potty trained and they’re both old enough to go canoeing. LOL

I would LOVE to take them to that place and DaHubby RAVES about the ones you can paddle up to in the BWCAW.