don't think so. the pilgrims starved the first year because the crops failed and didn't yield enough to sustain the community. Squanto took pity and saved their asses.The point of burying the fish with the corn was to amend the soil for the future, back when soil was taken care of instead of raped until it is no longer productive. Taking care of the land is a lesson my ancestors did not quiet grasp.
don't think so. the pilgrims starved the first year because the crops failed and didn't yield enough to sustain the community. Squanto took pity and saved their asses.
My ansestors are from both sides of the table.
Peace ya'll.
You may be right. And yes squanto saved their asses. But I can't see native people being as short sighted as quick fixes. Yes the fish would give some immediate help to the current crop, but the real benefit would be the composting organic material added every year. Squanto was teaching how to survive not just how to make it through to the spring to watch them starve the next year.don't think so. the pilgrims starved the first year because the crops failed and didn't yield enough to sustain the community. Squanto took pity and saved their asses.
My ansestors are from both sides of the table.
Peace ya'll.
OHH no you didn't just poke the Bear/Scientist with the evil-lution stick
for my Blasphemy...That is why we left Dorchester, Mass after 6 years! now I gotta smoke....apologies to any offended!
Tisquantum finally settled with the Pilgrims at the site of his former village and helped them recover from their first difficult winter by teaching them to increase their food production by fertilizing their crops-from wikipedia
OHH no you didn't just poke the Bear/Scientist with the evil-lution stick
Yes history books are written with an agenda, but Science is not ruled by archaic beliefs and fear of the unknown. It merely is what it is! Change is the one constant on this planet and it take place over geologic not biblical time. Scientists do not claim that the Theory of evolution and Natural Selection (Darwin's real work) are the end all...That is why it is not a Law yet (like gravity) It is just what the science tells us. Until new data is gathered (using the scientific method) this is the best we have to go on. How do you think we got Cannabinoid receptors in our brains? Exposure to a stimulus and change over time!
I know its Sunday and I will
Oops. sorry about that, it just had that tone... YES it is another theory but NO not like creationism! One is based on observations in the real world...touchable, verifiable, and repeatable! The other is based of faith, period.
Thanks DB! I knew this was all well documented. I got my facts wrong, except the important one. There was/is a tradition of using fish as ferts.So here is what I know about Squanto, Samosett, and Massasoit. Oh and the Puritans.
Squanto was "assigned" by Massasoit to watch over the sorryass whites. In the process he showed them how they could add a herring (which the natives wouldn't eat. Considered it a trash food) to the planting of corn, and probably other plants to. (POT?).
They had pulled into port on DEC. 21, 16 whatever 20. And stayed on the boat till spring. Half (52 out of 104), of the puritans died that first winter.
At that point Massasoit should have maasacred them all right then and there. I bet he would've to if he knew that earlier contact with trappers and fishermen from Europe were the cause of 80% of his tribal domain dying from smallpox. And Samosett being the only survivor from his region for the same reason.
Here's another interesting item. Lobster was also considered trash food. After a storm farmers would drive the pigs down to shore to feed them lobsters. Prisoners of the time were given lobster 3 times a week. I would be hard pressed to bury a lobster with any seed.
Smart Natives! They probably did not know this but after humans the greatest threat to the yummy fish, N. Atlantic Cod, are adult herring, they prey on the baby cod. Big Cod prey on Herring....but there are no big cod left! The fishery has collapsed.
LOL! You gotta admit, that's funny. As long as it's a fish that has already kicked it.
This is what you're missing. When the indians buried fish carcasses in the ground, it was to fertilize for NEXT YEARS CROPS. I don't think you would reap any benefits from it until it had the necessary time to break down.The point of burying the fish with the corn was to amend the soil for the future,
leave a fish on ur counter for a few days.THEN tell me it doesn't break down fast enough!
can't.... help it.....must.....play....devil's.... advocate.
I tried this but the aquarium lights messed up the roots.
Everything living that dies eventually breaks down into Nitrogen. In science it is called the Nitrogen cycle. Plant/animal dies, decomposes, nitrifying bacteria break it down, plants use it, some is released into the atmosphere (plants can not use this) animals eat the plants defecate, die , decompose....
Ok yes, they make a deal with nitrogen fixing bacteria that trade fixed nitrogen for plant sugars through the nodules they create in the root system of the host plant. not all plants can do this but Lupines do. The good thing is the presence of these plants improves the surrounding soil benefiting the plant community as they fix more nitrogen than is used by the host plant.'cept them legumes.