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- What songs did the voyageurs sing?
- What did the voyageurs use music for?
- Why do you think voyageurs sang songs as they paddled?
- What were the French Canadian boatman called?
- Who did Voyageurs work for?
- What does Voyageur mean in English?
- Are voyageurs Metis?
- What did voyageurs use for shelter at night?
- What did Voyageurs do in a day?
- What do the Voyageurs eat?
- What did the fur traders wear?
- When did the voyageurs wake up?
- What time would voyageurs get up to begin their day?
- Why is the Battle of Vimy Ridge important?
What songs did the voyageurs sing?
In her book, Making the Voyageur World, Carolyn Podruchny notes that “Voyageurs sang 3 kinds of songs: romantic and melodic French ballads, lamentations for tragedies that occured to fellow voyageurs, and everyday work songs, composed on the spot and constantly changing.”
What did the voyageurs use music for?
The voyageurs sang centuries-old songs for pleasure, to describe their world or to give rhythm to their work. Many were highly poetic and inspirational. Voyageur songs were not just about everyday routines. They also sang of their duties, leaving their loved ones, and even of food.
Why do you think voyageurs sang songs as they paddled?
To keep a rhythm for their paddling, voyageurs sang a variety of songs. Singing also helped to pass the time and made the work seem lighter. Voyageurs sang of simple things and events. They were found of songs about wind, weather, spring, and love.
What were the French Canadian boatman called?
Types: voyageurs, explorateurs, and coureurs des bois
Voyageurs were the canoe transportation workers in organized, licensed long-distance transportation of furs and trade goods in the interior of the continent.
Who did Voyageurs work for?
Voyageurs were young men hired to transport goods to trading posts. They were forbidden to do any trading of their own. Until 1705, roughly 60 young men travelled on behalf of the Compagnie de la Colonie as far as the post of Detroit (founded in 1701). They earned a modest wage for their efforts.
What does Voyageur mean in English?
voyageur in American English
(ˌvwɑːjɑːˈʒɜːr, ˌvɔiə-, French vwajaˈʒœʀ) nounWord forms: plural -geurs (-ˈʒɜːrz, French -ˈʒœʀ) (in Canada) a person who is an expert woodsman, boatman, and guide in remote regions, esp. one employed by fur companies to transport supplies to and from their distant stations.
Are voyageurs Metis?
French-Canadian voyageurs lived in Métis communities and married Aboriginal women à la façon du pays (according to the custom of the country). The French-Canadian voyageurs passed on a vibrant folk culture with a love of storytelling, recounting legends, singing and dancing on to the Métis.
What did voyageurs use for shelter at night?
Voyageurs outside the palisade
At night they took shelter under overturned canoes or in primitive tents.
What did Voyageurs do in a day?
A Killing Pace
Voyageurs were renowned for their strength, endurance and, incredible speed in paddling a canoe. Setting out before sunrise, they maintained a rhythm of approximately 45 strokes a minute. That's 6.5 miles/hr (11km/hr)! At that rate, a crew covered up to about 100 miles a day (160 km).
What do the Voyageurs eat?
They ate native foods such as berries, nuts and wild rice. They traded goods for wild rice, fish, and dried peas. The also ate pemmican, which is dried buffalo.
What did the fur traders wear?
“Buckskin coat and leggings, and wearing a cap of coon fur with the tail attached.” Voyageurs and coureurs des bois wore similar clothing, for the most part. Their fashion choices separate overtime namely because the coureurs des bois were no longer around and the trading companies took over.
When did the voyageurs wake up?
When they were finished all of the work, the voyageurs told stories and sang songs until it was time to sleep. Shelter for the night was an overturned canoe, a bed of moss, and a blanket or furs for warmth. If the weather was bad, they erected a tarp as cover. They got up at 3:00 a.m. to start their day all over again.
What time would voyageurs get up to begin their day?
Mornings for 17th-century voyageurs usually began between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m, without the benefit of coffee or any other stimulants—though sometimes they got drams of rum to start a particularly rough day of work. Breakfast came after about three hours of paddling, and was usually eaten on the go.
Why is the Battle of Vimy Ridge important?
Vimy Ridge was a particularly important tactical feature. Its capture by the Canadians was essential to the advances by the British Third Army to the south and of exceptional importance to checking the German attacks in the area in 1918.
