parfleches

"parfleches" and travois, some fourscore Indian wigwams burst into view as the line darts over the crest.

Under Fire Charles King 1888

A pile of saddles and parfleches was set by a window, making it easy to climb out.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

Tyler helped Ooaya dismantle the tipi and load her parfleches on the travois.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

She seized a butcher knife from its special place atop one of her parfleches and honed it briskly against her leather-clad thigh to put an edge on its gleaming blade.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

Tyler helped Ooaya dismantle the tipi and load her parfleches on the travois.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

Tyler helped Ooaya dismantle the tipi and load her parfleches on the travois.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

She seized a butcher knife from its special place atop one of her parfleches and honed it briskly against her leather-clad thigh to put an edge on its gleaming blade.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

She seized a butcher knife from its special place atop one of her parfleches and honed it briskly against her leather-clad thigh to put an edge on its gleaming blade.

Betrayed! Patricia Calvert 2002

When she was finished, Lame Beaver would lift from the travois various parfleches, those boxlike carrying cases made of heavy partially tanned hide, closer to wood than to leather, and from them Blue Leaf would take the cots, her cooking gear And whatever mementos her husband had acquired in his hunting and fighting.

Centennial Michener, James 1974

The bison skin was not a prize; it was old and would soon have to be replaced, but the parfleches that Lame Beaver had made were sturdy and much desired.

Centennial Michener, James 1974