Woods Runner Flashcards

1
Q

How much would a single rifle cost?

A

a year’s wages

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2
Q

Name the three parts of the American army.

A

1) Continental or Regular Army
2) Volunteer Militia, including the Minute Men
3) The Rangers

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3
Q

At Draper’s Crossing, what did Samuel come across that he could eat?

A

ears of corn

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4
Q

What does untreated battle injuries often lead to?

A

gangrene

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5
Q

What did surgeons sometimes use to eat away infection and aid healing if amputation wasn’t an
option?

A

maggots

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6
Q

What Indians were with the British soldiers?

A

Iroquois

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7
Q

How did Abner know the soldiers were coming?

A

By the way his dogs were standing, how their ears set and how the hair on their backs stood up

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8
Q

What were the savage German mercenaries who killed Annie’s parents called?

A

Hessians

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9
Q

What was the main city where the British troops held prisoners?

A

New York City

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10
Q

When they got to New Jersey, what did Abner and Samuel have to cross to get to New York?

A

The Hudson river

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11
Q

Isaac had stopped by to tell Samuel’s parents about what battle that happened months before?

A

A fight in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, April 1775

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12
Q

How did Samuel know what had happened during the attack at his cabin?

A

He could tell from the tracks

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13
Q

What did the British officer see in Samuel’s cabin that led him to take his father with him?

A

A chessboard

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14
Q

Oak wood was used for long fires. What was used for short, fast and hot fires?

A

Pine

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15
Q

In New York, where did Abner and Samuel go first to look for Samuel’s parents?

A

The sugar mill

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16
Q

On the way to New York, what did Abner and Samuel do for a farmer in return for food?

A

They sharpened tools and knives.

17
Q

What did Abner give Samuel to help guide him to Philadelphia?

A

a compass

18
Q

Why did Abner have pigeons in his wagon?

A

They carried messages.

19
Q

On the way to Philadelphia, what did Samuel kill so that his father had fatty meat to eat?

A

a raccoon

20
Q

What did Abner McDougal, the Scottish tinker, show the British cavalry officer so he would let the wagon continue on?

A

A merchant’s pass

21
Q

What did Samuel do that night after discovering his cabin had been burned and the local families had
been killed?

A

He buried the bodies

22
Q

What did Samuel’s relative say happens to you in the forest if you live long enough, are slow enough,
or get old enough?

A

Something eats you

23
Q

What kind of clothing and footwear does Samuel wear?

A

Smoked-buckskin and moccasins

24
Q

What kind of firearm was issued to the British Army?

A

A Brown Bess musket

25
Q

What was mixed with milk to help Samuel’s father’s food go down?

A

Rum