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Frosty Humpday Triviola
These were invented by the Eastern First People, only used in the winter, made of wood and covered with bark. Made getting their game from here to there much easier. Still used today but mostly for different reasons. What are they?
Tommy
Re: Frosty Humpday Triviola
Now it is commonly used to bash noggin's on trees at high speed.
Re: Frosty Humpday Triviola
I'm going to paddle on this for a while.
Thanks for the question........Dale
Re: Frosty Humpday Triviola
Invented them, or just copied the snoeshoe hare? Is there a patent notice?
;-)
Answer
Sorry for giving up the answer early but my busy schedule today leaves me little WC time....
The answer:
Toboggan
Toboggan comes from the Algonquian word odabaggan. The toboggan is an invention of the Eastern First Peoples. Indian hunters first built toboggans made of bark to carry game over the snow. The Inuit (sometimes called Eskimos) used to make toboggans of whalebone, otherwise a toboggan is made of strips of hickory, ash, or maple, with the front ends curved back