The prairie, back from the river, by Fort Garry, is dotted with carts, lodges and tents.

Many are living in rude shelters formed of the carts themselves, placed back to back, and the sides secured by hides.
These carts illustrate well the primitive nature and the isolation of the Colony.

They are the vehicles in universal use, and are built on the general pattern of our one-horse tip-carts, though they do not tip, and not a scrap of iron enters into them.

They are without springs, of course, and rawhide and wooden pins serve to keep together the pieces out of which they are constructed.

As they have no tires, and the section of the wheel part or crowd together, according to the moisture, a train of these carts bringing in the products of the hunt is a strange sight.