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House Ingalls family lived in on Plum Creek.
Q. What kind of house did the Ingalls family live in when
they lived on the banks of Plum Creek?
A. It was a house made of bought lumber (their previous
houses had been made made from logs). It was what we
would call a "shell" with the studs and ceiling joists
and rafters showing on the inside. The exterior walls
were constructed of slanting boards covered with tar
paper and then siding. The roof consisted of only the
shingles nailed to the rafters. The bottom floor was
partitioned into two rooms --- the main living area
and a bedroom. The second floor was the attic where
the girls slept. The house had a lean-to in the rear.
Foods eaten by the Ingalls family.
Q. What kinds of foods did the Ingalls family eat?
A. Potatoes, turnips and other vegetables from the
garden. Fish from the creek. Bear meat, venison,
rabbits, turkeys and geese from hunting. Milk.
Beans. Foods one can prepare from white flour and
corn meal. Wild plums and berries.
Activities of members of the "Little House" family.
Q. What activities occupied the time of members of the
"Little House" family?
A. Activities of Mrs. Ingalls and the two daughters:
Cooking, sewing, cleaning house, washing dishes,
knitting, studying school books. Activities of Mr.
Ingalls: Hunting, trapping, plowing, harrowing,
harvesting, cutting fire wood, building houses,
building furniture, milking the cow, playing the
fiddle.
Items requiring cash in the self-sufficient lifestyle of the
"Little House" family.
Q. What items did the family in "Little house on the
Prairie" need that required cash?
A. The following:
cloth navy beans kerosene
shoes cornmeal door hinges
flour tea window glass
sugar molasses seed
salt lumber tobacco
nails coal
Dec 1982
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