Carrying Water: A rivercane canteen in the 18th Century?
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- Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024
- Explore James Adair's short and unique description of a water vessel made of a large hollow cane and my interpretation of what he may have meant with my bamboo replica.
Rivercane is one of America's most versatile plants, utilized by Native Americans, colonists, and animals alike. Today rivercane has the help of organizations like the US Forest Service, the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians (chattoogariver...) and other organizations in order to restore this wonderful part of our cultural landscape.
Original music by Deke Wiggins.
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When I was a boy, I lived on a farm. When Dad & I were working in the field, we'd take a gallon jug (like the wine jug you showed) covered in burlap. Dip it in the stock tank to wet the burlap & it would stay cool for hours.
I used to do that with my canteen while reenacting.
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I keep thinking you should call this 'The Buffalo Robe Diaries.'
Probably true lol.
Good video! I use a section of cane ( well corked) ,instead of a tin , to store my char cloth in for fire starting. Keeps it nice and dry .
Seems we can enjoy these grasses (bamboo & canes) as they sequester CO2 better than trees. Good for us all.
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If people want to know more about the history of rivercane they should dig up Dr. Mart A. Stewart's "From KIing Cane to King Cotton: Razing Cane in the Old South." It's written in an easy to read style. In it he talks of other explorers who found really large cane growing along the Alabama River.
That’s a great information. I am going to look it up. Thank you.
Trivia question here... What is the family/genus of River Cane???? Hmmm.. Would anyone believe it is a species of GRASS!!! Yup! It is in in the same family as Bamboo (as mentioned in the video) and it's specific name is called Poaceae which is a perennial plant. Who would have thunk😁??? Very cool video, keep em' coming. 👍
Rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea) is one of the four native species of bamboo found in the US. The other species are hillcane (Arundinaria appalachiana), Switchcane (Arundinaria tecta), & tallapoosacane (Arundinaria alabamensis). All of these are in the bamboo subfamily of the larger grass family.
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That’s a neat canteen! We don’t grow them that thick here in AL. I do think that drawing of the Native American shows a gourd, not a glass bottle, unless the artist specified it as glass. Natives grew a few varieties of gourd to use as bottles, bowls, and utensils. Cheers
The author does mention that it is a bottle on the full drawing but until I saw that I also thought it was a gourd!
That music you had sounded like Arials by Chop Suey but slowed way down.
Frunny. But in today, they still use the Nipa Bamboo in the Philippines to carry water, cook and many other things. Not in the baragays or cities, but in the providences. In fact.. basically cook 18 Century. I go once a year and have for several years now. excluding the lock downs that is.
Fascinating. It’s amazing how much of the world still uses the old ways. Thanks for sharing!
Most of the wooden canteens that I have seen were coated on the inside with melted beeswax.
I have a canteen made from a kind of hard squash shell. I suppose that native Americans did the same.
Gourd vessels were indeed in use for a number of reasons.
@@thedeerskindiary Gourd , that's the word I was looking for.
Anyway, I found this gourd in my travels that had a good long neck on it. I cut the neck off about three inches above the body of the gourd.
Then I put several ounces of beeswax in it and I put the gourd in the oven on low for about an hour.
After the wax melted I rolled it around to coat the inside of the gourd. Gourd will make the water taste bitter if you don't coat the inside with beeswax.
I turned the cut off neck upside
down and used it for a stopper and drinking cup.
I wrapped the gourd with hemp rope to protect it from bumps and to make a carrying strap.
It's as pretty nice canteen and more durable than you might think.
Where can I get a section of big river cane like what you got?
you can't.
so how do you fire RIver Cane?
Great question. Fire hardening is a process of working the cane over a low heat. Generally speaking you will see color change to a tan (or black if you hold it there too long). When it is an even tan color it is generally hardened well.
@@thedeerskindiary So I am guessing you do this to the outside of the cane? Does that make it more water proof? do You have to coat the inside of the cane canteen with wax on the inside?
@@dougdukes1039 yes to the outside. It hardens the exterior a little bit more and prevents rapid shrinkage/cracking later. I did not coat mine with anything but you could with either beeswax or brewers pitch if you wanted to.
why not coat beeswax inside?
You certainly could use that or brewers pitch I suppose. I did not because I wanted to be as true to the original quote as possible.
Interesting!
What was the shelf life of a rivercane water vessel? A year? Two?
Were there any other type of natural water containers? I know that in other cultures throughout the world people used animal skins as water carriers because they do not leak and are extremely durable. Perhaps Native Americans used them as well.
By the way, that is a great looking long coat you are wearing. Looks fabulous.
@@merccadoosis8847 Thank you, The canteen is not a long time use item by any stretch. I suppose if you line it and dry it slowly after use you could make it last longer but mold can form quickly if you use it and put it away. At least it did for me.
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Would a washing with white vinegar remove the molding?
I'm the kind of guy that would fill the cane canteen & empty it into a liter measure. My guess: 1.3 liters. Close?
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Rivercane does not get more than 3/4 inches diameter and around 18 to 20 feet tall.
That is definitely true today but historical accounts from Louisiana in the 1600’s have it as large as 6” in diameter. There is also at least one original documented to a Confederate from Louisiana that is about that large c
I find it hard to believe that river cane ever grew to that diameter. You surely will not find any that big nowadays. Imported bamboo is the only way to get a canteen that size. As for the unpleasant taste imparted to the water, perhaps the same method used to treat gourds for drinking would work. Submerge the entire canteen in boiling water for 5 or 10 minutes.
That is bamboo in the video. It is the only thing o could get that was even remotely close to what the accounts implied it could get to.