wagon-bodies

Updated: May 6, 2025

Anyway, they scare't the white people something tremendous," and the old woman nodded vigorously. "Well, the neighbors who were traveling together hastened to turn their wagons so as to make a fortress sort of, of the wagon-bodies, with the horses and the cattle and the humans in the center. You understand?" "Yes," Ruth agreed. "I have seen pictures of such a camp, with the Indians attacking."

Alice B. Emerson - Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest: Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies

We may hev to lay here two weeks, afore we kin cross." "Two weeks!" exclaimed I, why we'd better build a boat." "Ef we hed a lot of empty casks, we might float our wagons over and swim the mules; but we hain't got 'em, that's sartin." "I'll tell you what we can do," said Hal; "we can build a raft." "Yes; or better still, float the things over in one of the wagon-bodies," suggested Ned.

Samuel Woodworth Cozzens - The Young Trail Hunters : Or, the Wild Riders of the Plains. The Veritable Adventures of Hal Hyde and Ned Brown, on Their Journey Across the Great Plains of the South-West