2007 Trail Walk

Along the Osage Nature Trail the fall colors illuminated the scenery. The trail has expanded to several new sites to view and participate in. Anyone would get the feeling of stepping back in time.

	New to Deutsch Country Days are the thatch covered Wiki-up and Longhouse. Campers stayed the weekend in them.

The longhouse is larger then most homes in there day. Some were made 20 feet wide by one hundred feet long and housed multiple families. Each family had their own fireplace, which made it easier to warm.

	Either sitting in the doorway, making music or able to cook inside. The longhouse is a comfortable dwelling.

	Walking the trail and doing some visiting on a warm fall day makes for a pleasant trip.

	Trying your skill at throwing a tomahawk or identifying animal pelts can be a real challenge.

A stop by the gun shop can be interesting. See the types of guns used in the early 1800's and how they were made or repaired.

 

	Seeing a variety of indian flutes and hearing the music of an early age.

 

	Indians would make and decorate shields to protect themselves during battle.

	Mountain men and indians lived in some crude dwellings. They would be made from any materials found in the near by area.

Cooking was done on a wood fire. Having a collection of cast iron ware for making a good stew or for frying small game.

Being able to make and shoot a bow can make the difference whether your family can eat regularly. Or fighting off and enemy or a charging animal. Elk, moose, mountain lion and brown bears were all a threat to anyone living in the wild.

	An arrow without a sharp point is useless. To craft a small point suitable for hunting is called Flintknapping. Flintknappers made points for arrows, spears, knives tomahawks and other tools making camp life easier.

	Taking time to visit out side of their crude huts or meeting with other hunters at Ye Olde Blacksmith Shop,

	Kids of all ages like seeing the Tipis and entering to see how indians may have lived.

	A quiet walk on the Osage Trail will relieve the tension of daily life.

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