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Someone will claim that Native Americans buried a fish with the seeds. This is an urban legend, and native Americans did NOT practice fertilization of crops. They did practice crop rotation, but farming was low-intensity subsistence farming. Sorry, but this is nothing but a "fish story".

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What crops did sqaunto teach the pilgrims to raise?

Squanto taught the Pilgrims to raise several important crops, including corn (maize), beans, and squash—often referred to as the "Three Sisters." He also showed them how to use fish as fertilizer to improve soil fertility. This guidance was crucial for the Pilgrims' survival and helped them establish successful farming practices in their new environment.


What problems faced the new conoly at Jamestown?

Starvation and Cannibalism. John Rolfe started to create tobacco farms which "saved Jamestown." Because many pilgrims were starving they dug up graves to eat dead bodies or kill their wives. Squanto and Sameset helped teach the pilgrims how to use fish as fertilizer.


How did Squanto help the pilgrims use a bow and arrow?

Squanto did not specifically teach the Pilgrims to use a bow and arrow; rather, he played a crucial role in helping them adapt to their new environment. As a member of the Patuxet tribe, he shared essential agricultural techniques, such as planting corn with fish as fertilizer, which significantly improved their chances of survival. His knowledge of the land and its resources helped the Pilgrims thrive, but their training with weapons like the bow and arrow likely came from other Native American interactions or their own experiences.


What did Squanto teach the Pligrim to do?

Squanto taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate maize, catch fish, and find other food resources. He also helped them build relationships with the Native American tribes in the area, acting as an interpreter and mediator to establish peaceful alliances.


What did Indians teach us?

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What do you use fertilizer for?

you use fertilizer to provide nutrients and food for the plants.


What is the meaning of ferlitazer?

Fertilizer is a substance that is used to make crops grow. The Native Americans showed the Pilgrims how to make crops grow by planting dead fish with the seeds. Often manure is used as a fertilizer to make crops grow. Chemicals are used as well to keep bugs, and animals, away, but, the chemical use of fertilizer can have negative side effects.


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Why did the pilgrims not use Indians or Africans?

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How can eutrophication prevent?

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Howrse how do you put fertilizer?

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What do you use on the ground for bugs?

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