atscacha

Updated: July 26, 2026

Several of them were trimmed and handsomely adorned with quills, the talent of the manufacturer being especially exerted in ornamenting the saddle-cloths. The stirrups were formed of curved pieces of wood, hanging by leather thongs to the primitive saddle. The bridles might more properly be called halters. They consisted of a thong of raw hide, thirty feet in length, called an atscacha.

William Henry Giles Kingston - The Frontier Fort : Stirring Times in the North West Territory of British America