This was the trace marked out by Boon, which to the present day remains a monument to his skill as a practical surveyor and engineer.

Those going along it went on foot, driving their horses and cattle.

At the last important frontier town they fitted themselves out with pack-saddles; for in such places two of the leading industries were always those of the pack-saddle maker and the artisan in deer leather.

When there was need, the pioneer could of course make a rough pack-saddle for himself, working it up from two forked branches of a tree.

If several families were together, they moved slowly in true patriarchal style.