Woods Runner Flashcards
How much would a single rifle cost?
a year’s wages
Name the three parts of the American army.
1) Continental or Regular Army
2) Volunteer Militia, including the Minute Men
3) The Rangers
At Draper’s Crossing, what did Samuel come across that he could eat?
ears of corn
What does untreated battle injuries often lead to?
gangrene
What did surgeons sometimes use to eat away infection and aid healing if amputation wasn’t an
option?
maggots
What Indians were with the British soldiers?
Iroquois
How did Abner know the soldiers were coming?
By the way his dogs were standing, how their ears set and how the hair on their backs stood up
What were the savage German mercenaries who killed Annie’s parents called?
Hessians
What was the main city where the British troops held prisoners?
New York City
When they got to New Jersey, what did Abner and Samuel have to cross to get to New York?
The Hudson river
Isaac had stopped by to tell Samuel’s parents about what battle that happened months before?
A fight in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, April 1775
How did Samuel know what had happened during the attack at his cabin?
He could tell from the tracks
What did the British officer see in Samuel’s cabin that led him to take his father with him?
A chessboard
Oak wood was used for long fires. What was used for short, fast and hot fires?
Pine
In New York, where did Abner and Samuel go first to look for Samuel’s parents?
The sugar mill
On the way to New York, what did Abner and Samuel do for a farmer in return for food?
They sharpened tools and knives.
What did Abner give Samuel to help guide him to Philadelphia?
a compass
Why did Abner have pigeons in his wagon?
They carried messages.
On the way to Philadelphia, what did Samuel kill so that his father had fatty meat to eat?
a raccoon
What did Abner McDougal, the Scottish tinker, show the British cavalry officer so he would let the wagon continue on?
A merchant’s pass
What did Samuel do that night after discovering his cabin had been burned and the local families had
been killed?
He buried the bodies
What did Samuel’s relative say happens to you in the forest if you live long enough, are slow enough,
or get old enough?
Something eats you
What kind of clothing and footwear does Samuel wear?
Smoked-buckskin and moccasins
What kind of firearm was issued to the British Army?
A Brown Bess musket
What was mixed with milk to help Samuel’s father’s food go down?
Rum
