![]() ![]() BUFFALO CIDER The fluid found in the stomach of the buffalo. BUFFALO CHIP Buffalo manure, dried and used as fuel. This boat differedįrom the Bull Boat in that it was larger and had a normal boat shape. BUFFALO BOAT A boat made of raw buffalo skins, much used by traders. Darker color was usually obtained by smoking the skin If Indian tanned, buckskin was usually a very light dolor, BUCKSKIN Tanned deerskin from which much of the clothing of the Indian and mountain ![]() BREED A person of Indian and White blood. Which was cut into lengths about 24 inches long and roasted before a fire BOSSLOPER A trapper or hunter BOUDINS The real treat of the mountain man. BOOSHWAY The leader of a party of mountain men. ![]() BONE PICKER A despised human scavenger who hunted for, and sold, the bones of deadĪnimals, mostly buffalo. BOIS DE VACHE Buffalo chips used as fuel. As with many voyageur terms, this was later adoptedīy some Mountain Men with much the same meaning. BLANC BEC A term used by voyageurs for a new man who had yet to travel the Missouri BLACKBIRD STORM An unexpected cold storm in late spring. Inserting a twisted rag or piece of cotton rope to act as a wick. BITCH A lamp made by filling a tin cup with bear or other animal fat, then BEAR PEN A type of trap in which the fall acts as a lid over a pen, therebyĬatching the animal alive. This was also called a grainingīeam or a fleshing beam. BEAM A fallen tree used for fleshing hides. 50 caliber Sharps rifle used by the buffalo hunter. a squirrel by shooting the treeīark from under him. (The actual projectile.) BARK ON, HE HAS THE Said of a courageous person. AVANT COURIER A French word meaning "scout". Many engages were required to live "aux aliments du pays", survivingīy using the provisions of nature. AS THE CROW FLIES See "Airline" AUX ALIMENTS DU PAYS French for "nourishment of the land'. ARKANSAS TOOTHPICK A large, pointed dagger used mostly by river men. This method of cooking was much used by many tribes Possible to get them, pieces of potato or vegetable, were intermixed with APPALOS An early camp food made by skewering alternate pieces of lean meatĪnd fat on a sharpened stick and roasting over a low fire. APISHEMORE A saddle pad, often made of hair. Very likely the first type of packsaddle, Unlike the sawbuck, panniersĬannot be handled with this saddle. APAREJO A large, padded packsaddle designed to handle awkward, heavy loads. In use long before the invention of aircraft. A Glossary of American Mountain Men Terms, Words &Ī Glossary of American Mountain Men Terms, Words & ExpressionsĪIRLINE The shortest and straightest line between two points. ![]()
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