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Travois logo #10101) Dray
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Travois logo #10101) French word used in English 2) Human-powered vehicle 3) Indian load carrier 4) Indian wheelless trailer 5) Makeshift conveyance 6) Native American tool 7) Plains Indian sledge 8) Plains transport
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Travois logo #21000 A travois (Canadian French, from French travail, a frame for restraining horses; also obsolete travoy or travoise) is a historical frame structure that was used by indigenous peoples, notably the Plains Indians of North America, to drag loads over land. == Construction and use == The basic construction consists of a platform or netting mounted on ...
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Travois logo #21002• (n.) A logging sled. • (n.) A primitive vehicle, common among the North American Indians, usually two trailing poles serving as shafts and bearing a platform or net for a load.
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travois logo #21003(from the article `Plains Indian`) Until the horse the only domesticated animals were dogs; these were sometimes eaten but were mostly used as draft animals. Dogs drew the travois, a ...
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