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Sorry but this is so odd to hear, but why was this guy running to new orleans. Didn't he have a horse. Also, why did he run back again once he knew the war was

by npalli 12y ago

Sorry but this is so odd to hear, but why was this guy running to new orleans. Didn't he have a horse. Also, why did he run back again once he knew the war was over. He could have waited perhaps?

DanielBMarkham 12y ago
Growing up in the East U.S. and being a bit of a history buff, I've heard several stories of folks running incredibly long distances in times past. Native Americans were known to put rocks in their mouths and run for hundreds of miles. How they managed this over rough terrain is a mystery to me.
- nether 12y ago
  Sounds like bullshit. That's all I'm going to say.
  - DanBC 12y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarahumara_people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarahumara_people > The Tarahumara word for themselves, Rarámuri, means "runners on foot" or "those who run fast" in their native tongue according to some early ethnographers like Norwegian Carl Lumholtz, though this interpretation has not been fully agreed upon. With widely dispersed settlements, these people developed a tradition of long-distance running up to 200 miles (320 km) in one session, over a period of two days through their homeland of rough canyon country, for inter-village communication and transportation and
- npalli 12y ago
  I understand people running long distances. Not sure why you would run hundreds of miles to inform people about a battle. It would be too slow to be effective, plus the reverse run seems odd again. Consider that Paul Revere took a horse to inform people living a few miles around.
- markdown 12y ago
  What did the rock do?
  - dingaling 12y ago
    > What did the rock do? Possibly the same trick that the Foreign Legion used in the Sahara; a small stone held in the cheek tricks the mouth into generating more salivia, reducing the perceived 'thirst'. The underlying hydration isn't addressed but it does psychologically increase endurance between drinking.

by npalli 12y ago

Sorry but this is so odd to hear, but why was this guy running to new orleans. Didn't he have a horse. Also, why did he run back again once he knew the war was over. He could have waited perhaps?

DanielBMarkham 12y ago

Growing up in the East U.S. and being a bit of a history buff, I've heard several stories of folks running incredibly long distances in times past. Native Americans were known to put rocks in their mouths and run for hundreds of miles. How they managed this over rough terrain is a mystery to me.

nether 12y ago
Sounds like bullshit. That's all I'm going to say.
- DanBC 12y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarahumara_people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarahumara_people > The Tarahumara word for themselves, Rarámuri, means "runners on foot" or "those who run fast" in their native tongue according to some early ethnographers like Norwegian Carl Lumholtz, though this interpretation has not been fully agreed upon. With widely dispersed settlements, these people developed a tradition of long-distance running up to 200 miles (320 km) in one session, over a period of two days through their homeland of rough canyon country, for inter-village communication and transportation and
npalli 12y ago
I understand people running long distances. Not sure why you would run hundreds of miles to inform people about a battle. It would be too slow to be effective, plus the reverse run seems odd again. Consider that Paul Revere took a horse to inform people living a few miles around.
markdown 12y ago
What did the rock do?
- dingaling 12y ago
  > What did the rock do? Possibly the same trick that the Foreign Legion used in the Sahara; a small stone held in the cheek tricks the mouth into generating more salivia, reducing the perceived 'thirst'. The underlying hydration isn't addressed but it does psychologically increase endurance between drinking.