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at al times. The cayuse is never shod as the horse is with iron. and his hoofs do not split. We give above a drawing of the "Travoy" on which by means of which the cayuse transports for his owner his effects. The "Travoy" is a vehicle made of two or more lodge poles the upper end is secured to a saddle by means of thongs of buckskin and the butt ends drag on the ground some [?] between the saddles and the ground along the lodge poles the place is never a fixed matter as a cage made of [?] [?] used: with sticks tied across from one pole to the other. In this cage is placed the skin covering for the teepee and other portable articles of furniture. a variety of[?] [?]. The old superannuated indians who cannot walk or ride. the small children and young pappooses that cannot endure a long march. these are all promiscuously huddled in the cage and the poney led by the strap. or now frequently ridden by a squaw or bad in the saddle. drags the load over the plains ten. twenty or thirty miles. to the next camp. The saddle used by the Dakota is of two kinds the wooden affairs like this shown with the "Travoy." and again in the chapter on [?] & weapons. This consists of two flat pieces of wood about seventeen inches long and three and a quarter inches wide. and on each side of the back of the poney these are connected by a V shaped piece of wood forming the front and back pummels. The saddle is made by shaping out the side pieces and the pummels and lashing them together holes are drilled in the boards and pummels and thongs of buckskin passed through. when these are securely fastened together the entire structure is covered with raw hide put on green. this makes the saddle tree and is a stout frame to the ends of the side [?] are attached by thongs carrying [?] to a ring from which is [?] the girth (or "cinch". The girth of the Dakota saddle is always in the middle and is usually around the greatest rotundity of the animals body consequently it is always drawn in till a crease is formed . The stirrup is suspended from the side bar by a strap or thong: originally no doubt they used a strip of buckskin. but as straps with buckles were from time to time stollen [sic] or captured from the whites they got to using straps. The stirrup is a triangular piece of wood covered with raw hide this is illustrated and more fully described under the chapter War & Weapons.