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The main idea of the section is the Calusa were great sailors. They would defend their land against the European explorers by traveling by water.

Yes they were GREAT sailors! Mrs. H

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The main idea of the paragraph is that the Calusa Indians became great sailors. One detail is that they traveled by dugout canoes.

By using canoes and trading, they became a very powerful tribe. They were one of the first natives to trade with others.

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The main idea of "The Calusa as sailors' is what the Calusa did when they were sailors. A detail to  support the main idea is, that they defended there land against other smaller tribes.

How does this show they were great sailors?

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the main idea is all about  how the calusa are sailors and ware they go to .
they used these canoes to travel as far as Cuba.

WOW! CUBA! That does shows they were great sailors to sail that far!

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they were great sailors they also defended there land against other tribes by travelling by water.

They did travel by water. They used Canoes they dugout of trees. that is why they are called dugout canoes.

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what happened to the calusa. they died in the 1700s. other indian tribes began to raid them and sold them as slaves.

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what happened to the calusa. they died in the 1700s. other indian tribes began to raid them and sold them as slaves.

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Who sold them as slaves? Why did the Calusa tribe die out?

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THEY WERE VERY GOOD
SAILERS!(SO COOL)

Yes they were - Can you give a detail from the text that shows they were skillful sailors?

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The calusa  tribe died in the late 1700s.It  states in paragrah 9 ''The Calusa tribe died out in the late 1700s. The main is they were sailors and how did the Calusa tribe died.There was a disease called small pox it caused alot of people to die in the tribe.

YES - the Calusa died out because of diseases. You should cite the evidence that tells what diseases they died from. In the text, "The Calusa: The Shell Indians, the calusa died from small pox and other diseases from the early explorers.

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Living and surviving on the coast caused tribesmen to become good sailers.They defended their land against other smaller tribes and European. explorers traveled by water.

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Living and surviving on the coast caused tribesmen to become good sailers.They defended their land against other smaller tribes and European. explorers traveled by water.

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Yes - they did travel by water. This shows they were skillful sailors. Remember to put your name on your post.

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The Calusa Indians started to diminish and die out in the late 1700's. According to the paragraph, "What happened to the Calusa?", many of them  were captured and sold for slaves. They also died out from diseases brought by the Spanish and French explorers called smallpox and measles. People believe that the little but some remaining Indians left for Cuba when the Spanish Indians put Florida in to Great Britain's hands in 1763! Wow, it's crazy to believe that we are living in a state that used to be controlled by the British people.

Great answer. You did an excellent job citing evidence from the text.

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the died out in 1700's. Other tribes
began raiding the territory.They became great sailors.attacked explorer's ships.Traveled by dugout canoes.wiped out by deises.

The bolded section answers the first question. The rest answers the second question. You did a great job reading the last part of the article.

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in paragraph 9 it states many calusa were sold as slaves. and in paragraph 10 small pox wiped out villages:(

Yes they did get wiped out by diseases. These diseases were brought over by the early explorers. The Native Americans were not immune to these diseases. Whole tribes were wiped out. Great job!

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The Calusa died out from diseases such as smallpox. The text states,  " Diseases such as smallpox and measles were brought into the area from the Spanish and French explorers and these diseases wiped out entire villages."

Nice job citing evidence from the article! Great answer

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addition diseases such  as smallpox and measles were brought into the area from the Spanish and french explorers and these diseases wiped out an entire village's.

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Sarah please read the paragraphs with the heading "The Calusa's as Sailors" I only want the main idea for that section.

The calusa tribe were feared. And they liked fishing they also liked to make jewelry out of shells they were not the farming type in fact they never farmed before they hunted deer and other prey with fish bones man and boys made nets and caught catfish and other sea animals they could catch while girls and woman collect crabs and smaller things This is what i learned. .

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In the late 1700s the Calusa died out. In the text it states "Enemy Indians

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THEY DIED FROM SMALL POX
(SO SAD).

Please try to cite evidence from the text to support your answer. For example: It states in the text, The Calusa: The Shell Indians, .....

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What is the main idea of the section titled Calusa's as Sailors?

I LERNED THAT INDEANS HUNT AND FISH THEY GOT SMALL POX FROM SPANISH :P

CCCCOOOOLLLL

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in the article the caulissa the shell indians the canoes travelld as for a cuba which went to when the caulasa atetted there ships.

What is the main idea of this section? You have the details but according to the details what do you think the most important thing is that the author wanted you to learn about the Calusa tribe?

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the Calusa Indians made shell mounds on the southern Florida. The tribesman became great sailors they also went to Cuba  the enemy tribes from Georgia and South Carolina   raided the Calusa

The bolded section above is the main idea of the section. The other sentences do support that they were excellent sailors.

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explorers are traveing into a  dugout canoes in ,calusa sailors'';they were SLAVES.

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The Calusa Indians died out. Some were captured and sold as slaves. Some died from diseases.

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The main idea is the Calusa Indians were great sailors. They traveled by dugout canoes up and down the west coast of Florida.

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Mrs.huffman is a butterfly

I would love to be a butterfly!!  They are so beautiful!!