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Transportation - Indian Country Wisconsin (1094 words) |
 | They were pulled by means of a strap across the man's chest or by three dogs, which were harnessed in single file in front of the toboggan which allowed the people to navigate through narrow forest paths. |
 | Sleds made it easier to haul firewood and household burdens, and were particularly valuable in the maple sugar camps to transport the heavy buckets of maple sap. |
 | White fur traders also adopted the birchbark canoe as a mode of transportation, and the French voyageurs used birchbark canoes forty feet long and up to six feet wide to transport trade goods. |