a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on.
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Interviewer: I see so it was pretty well up to the person themselves to keep the thing warm? Speaker: Yeah, they supplied their own robes and so on. Buffalo hides and so on, and they also supplied their own waterproofing such as sheets of rubber and the like to shed water. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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Interviewer: Oh, I see, mm-hm. Um, did- say you were out in a cutter, what you use to put over you, to keep warm? Speaker: Oh, well, it'd be a buffalo robe. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: Some people had buffalo ro-- they'd sit on them, they'd put one on the back of the cutter, on the seat, and sit on it, and then they'd have another over their knees. That was- that would be more or less for style. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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Interviewer: You said you had a- a buggy, and, ah, your father had a buggy, to- Speaker: Oh yes. Interviewer: Yeah? What did you use in wintertime? Speaker: A cutter. Interviewer: Uh-huh. What was it like? Speaker: There's a big round- oh, fancy made, it'd stand about that high though, and the runners come to around like this, and way back, and this thing come back nearly to your breast, see? You didn't need a buffalo on or nothing in front of you to keep the snow off, nor a- Interviewer: Didn't need a what? Speaker: You didn't need a buffalo on or nothing, unless for heat, to keep the snow on or- and the rain off. The f-- made all with the wood, and the runners can ride back, oh, just almost in your face. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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Interviewer: In a um- in a cutter, how did you keep warm? Speaker: Oh, we had buffalo robes, we had a pair. And ah, them heavy blankets, you-know? |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
Interviewer: Retains the heat, apparently, for quite a long time. Yes. Ah, where would you get the buffalo robes? Speaker: We bought them at a sale, but I think originally they came from the West, eh? At that time, it's way back, and ah, these people had been farming, and they had two buffalo robes, one was smaller than the other, the other had a- an addition, like- as if the- the neck of it had been- had been, um, used too, it was a big loop, on one of them. Made it much bigger. And the hair was much longer, like on it. Interviewer: Would they be lined, or have a backing? Speaker: Yes, they were lined with some woollen material. I think one of them had just like grey- ah, grey wool, um, well, material, I mean, and then the other one was more fancier somehow. But it- both of them were lined with woollen material. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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Speaker: 'Cause I remember going to church with a horse and cutter and the buffalo were all going to- heated brick at our feet. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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my dad would hitch up the horse and um, we'd have ah, what they call buffalo-robe. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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Speaker 1: And my grandfather lived not too far from the school so I'd leave, ah, the- the horse and sleigh there and he'd look after it during the day and feed it and- and get it all ready for me when I walked back to- to his house (clears throat) and then I'd drive the horse and- and, ah- and, ah, sleigh with- w-- of course with my sister as well back home again. So, ah, some days were pretty cold where we'd- we'd, ah, tuck in underneath the, ah- we called it a buffalo, ah, blanket in those days 'cause it was made out of, ah- ah, I guess it was made out of hide with- Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure what kind of hide it was. I'm not sure- Speaker 1: Hair. I'm not sure what kind of hide it was. Speaker 2: I don't think it was buffalo hide, it probably was some other hide- Speaker 1: They called it buffalo hide but it was, ah- it was definitely a heavy type of, ah, hide blanket that you'd hide underneath and, ah- and- and stay warm. And so that was quite interesting. |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |
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And my dad he used to take the horses and sleigh then and he had a big buffalo robe and we'd ah- he'd have that laid over a foot of straw or so on the- on the sleigh, so we'd get under the buffalo robe and it was a nice ride to school, it was nice and warm you-know? |
a cloak or rug made of the skin of the American bison dressed with the hair on. |