He did this by plaiting babiche thongs in the same manner that one does in making the web of a snow-shoe.

And if the thongs about his jaws should slip, or break.

The skin of the fox, cut into long strips, would do for thongs.

West, revolver close at hand, cut thongs from the caribou skins.

Though both the men were experienced in the use of snowshoes, their feet were raw from the chafing of the thongs.

'In Sky I first observed the use of brogues, a kind of artless shoes, stitched with thongs so loosely, that, though they defend the foot from stones, they do not exclude water.'

Thereupon he drew his misericordia, and he cut the thongs of his harness and he tore the pieces of armor from off his body and flung them away very furiously, upon the right hand and upon the left.

At length they were reduced to such a degree of want, that they endeavoured to chew the thongs and skins which they tore from their shields, after softening them in warm water; nor did they abstain from mice or any other kind of animals.

The Baluch saddle consists simply of two sharp pieces of wood bound together by leathern thongs, and the exchange was by no means a welcome one so far as I was concerned.

Broken he lay, and bound with thongs.

Tayoga can do it in such a manner that the thongs will cause you no pain.

Instead of being pulled in chimes, as in England, thongs of leather are fixed to the clappers, and at the appointed times boys ascend the belfry, and swing the tongues of all the bells at once, from one side to another, producing the most barbarous combination of sounds imaginable.

In disposing of the dead, they wrap the body tightly in blankets or robes (sometimes both) wind it all over with thongs made of the hide of some animal and place it reclining on the back at full length, either in the branches of some tree or on a scaffold made for the purpose.

The case consisted of a cradle of interlaced branches of white willow, about six feet long, three feet broad, and three feet high, with a flooring of buffalo thongs arranged as a net-work.

Around this a dressed skin of buffalo is then securely wrapped, with the flesh side out, and the whole securely bound with thongs of skins, either raw or dressed; and for ornament, when available, a bright-red blanket envelopes all other coverings, and renders the general scene more picturesque until dimmed by time and the elements.

They contained stools hewed out of poplar logs, and chests made of clapboards sewed together with buffalo thongs.

"Take my revolver," said Henry, "and shootif we must," then, making a slip-noose of the stout thongs which had bound the provision bag, he deftly slipped it around the arms of the Indian, and with a quick jerk he was firmly bound.

Then he set down the jar, loosened the sack from his shoulders which were cut raw with the chafing of the thongs, and bathed her face with a little of that other water which, though bad, still might keep life in them.

About each of his naked wrists was tied a leather thong and these thongs were held by the man's guards.

The thongs about his wrists were tied to the straps of the cross-piece and the whipper took his position.

The guards unfastened the victim's wrist-thongs and the man staggered to his feet.

The thongs dangled from his wrists and he was a pace ahead of the two men who accompanied him.

In another flash he had drawn his knife and severed the thongs that held the man at the stake.

He had heard her voice, he had felt the soft sweep of her hair as he severed the prisoner's thongs, he had caught the flash of her eyes and the movement of her lips as he dashed himself into the crowd.

I most that love you, wind, when you are fierce and free, In these dull fetters cannot long remain; Lo, I will rise and break my thongs and flee Forth to your drift and beating, till my brain Even for an hour grow wild in your divine embraces, And then creep back into mine earthly traces, And bind me with my chain.