I thought I might change it up a little bit and write about another native american tool. The Travois was a very valuable tool that the Indians used for trade, transport, and war. The Travois is a horse or human drawn basket that can carry large or heavy loads. The basic construction of a Travois is a platform or netting mounted on two long poles. The poles are lashed in the shape of a long triangle. The frame was dragged with the sharply pointed end forward. Sometimes the blunt end of the frame was stabilized by a third pole bound across the two main poles. The Travois was mainly used by the plains indians but can be found among many different types of Indians.
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