bull-boat

So I immediately got some buffalo hides to make a bull-boat, and in two days after my arrival was under way for some lower post, hoping to be able to reach Fort Pierre.

Forty years a fur trader on the upper Missouri: the personal narrative of Charles Larpenteur, 1833-1872 1898

Another method of ferrying streams is by means of what is called by the mountaineers a "_bull-boat_," the frame-work of which is made of willows bent into the shape of a short and wide skiff, with a flat bottom.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

Two men can easily build a _bull-boat_ of three hides in two days which will carry ten men with perfect safety.

The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions Randolph Barnes Marcy 1849

I was crossing the river in a bull-boat, which is nothing more than a tub, made of buffalo's skin, stretched on

History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians 1787-1854 Old Humphrey 1820

_ No. After amusing themselves for some time at my expense, now and then diving under the tub, and then pulling down the edge of it level with the water, on receiving a few beads, or other trifles which I happened to have with me, they drew me and my bull-boat to the shore in safety.

History, Manners, and Customs of the North American Indians 1787-1854 Old Humphrey 1820

The old chief, having learned that we were to cross the river, gave direction to one of the women of his numerous household, who took upon her head a skin-canoe (more familiarly called in this country, a bull-boat), made in the form of a large tub, of a buffalo's skin, stretched on a frame of willow boughs, which she carried to the water's edge; and placing it in the water, made signs for us three to get into it.

Letters and notes on the manners, customs, and conditions of the North American Indians 1841

"bull-boat," from its being covered with a bull's hide, which, in construction and form, is perfectly identical with the Welsh "_cwrygl_."

Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850 Various

Crow), so that she paddled Mrs. Hall over in her hide "bull-boat," on our return, for twenty-five cents.

The American Missionary — Volume 50, No. 3, March, 1896 Various