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Indian Travois, southern Alberta, 1815
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The Indian travois of the Blackfoot Indians on the southern Alberta plains was made entirely of wood and sinew. Reference from the Glenbow Foundation in Calgary and the Vancouver Central Library. Two poles of lodgepole pine approximately eighteen feet long formed a V. These were often tied together with a wet tendon from the back of a buffalo's neck, and a soft-tanned skin rope. The poles were tightly wrapped with the rope to keep them from splitting. A platform was then tied on about ten or twelve feet back, whatever had to be carried piled on top and the whole was then dragged by a horse. This simple device became very important and served the plains Indians well for many years. Smaller travois were often used with dogs. | 
