Travois

[1] The basic construction consists of a platform or netting mounted on two long poles, lashed in the shape of an A-frame; the frame was dragged with the sharply pointed end forward.

Although considered more primitive than wheel-based forms of transport, on the type of territory where the travois was used (forest floors, soft soil, snow, etc.

[6] According to The Canadian Encyclopedia, "When dogs were replaced by horses, the greater pulling power allowed tipis to increase in size and household goods to multiply.

Before the use of horses, Blackfoot women made a curved fence of dog travois’ tied together, front end up, to hold driven animals enclosed until the hunters could kill them.

[11]: xi  A travois leaned against a branch of a tree functioned as a simple burial scaffold for a dead Crow baby tied to it.

[13] Remains of travois tracks can also be seen at the Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site.