a term derived from the french word for winter, "hiver" and refers to Metis Winter Rovers, generally those Metis who wintered away from the permanent settlements to hunt bison on the plains [..]

The shortest and straightest line between two points. This term was in use long before the invention of aircraft.

A large, padded packsaddle designed to handle awkward, heavy loads. Very likely the first type of packsaddle, Unlike the sawbuck, panniers cannot be handled with this saddle.

A saddle pad, often made of hair.

An early camp food made by skewering alternate pieces of lean meat and fat on a sharpened stick and roasting over a low fire. When it was possible to get them, pieces of potato or vegetable, were inte [..]

A large, pointed dagger used mostly by river men.

See "Airline"

French for "nourishment of the land'. All the free trappers and many engages were required to live "aux aliments du pays", surviving by using the provisions of nature.

A French word meaning "scout". This word was used by both voyageurs and mountain men.

Whiskey.