http://blogs.plimoth.org/wetu/uncategorized/mashoon-canoe-finished/ Exploring Plimoth Plantation's Wampanoag Indigenous Program Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://blogs.plimoth.org/wetu/uncategorized/mashoon-canoe-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-623 Caroline Mon, 15 Nov 2010 00:46:53 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/blogs/wetu/?p=522#comment-623 The video was very helpful to me as my son has to build a mishoon for a school project. I was able to get a good look at the inside to see how it was hollowed out. The video was very helpful to me as my son has to build a mishoon for a school project. I was able to get a good look at the inside to see how it was hollowed out.

]]> http://blogs.plimoth.org/wetu/uncategorized/mashoon-canoe-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Tim Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:46:09 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/blogs/wetu/?p=522#comment-269 ya keeping them wet will keep them from cracking. In the 17th century the natives would filled the boats with hevay stones and sank them on the botom of the rivers and ponds. They would just remove the stones in the spring and float them to the shore and let them dry out for a day or so. ya keeping them wet will keep them from cracking. In the 17th century the natives would filled the boats with hevay stones and sank them on the botom of the rivers and ponds. They would just remove the stones in the spring and float them to the shore and let them dry out for a day or so.

]]> http://blogs.plimoth.org/wetu/uncategorized/mashoon-canoe-finished/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Joanna Hennessey Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:14:54 +0000 http://www.plimoth.org/blogs/wetu/?p=522#comment-268 I had wondered why they were kept with water in them... now i know. I had wondered why they were kept with water in them… now i know.

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