Djada
Djada is strips of dried meat, woven into rope that the Plainsman carry with them wrapped into bales that they thread onto the back pole of their saddle-chairs
The Skyfather
The Skyfather is a sky god of the Plainsmen
Ferngardens, Fernroot and Fiddleheads
Ferngardens are the areas within the ditches of a Plainsman koppie that are given over to wild ferns, both for the pasturage of aquar, and the harvesting of starchy fernroot and the delicate new fern leaves, fiddleheads
Chapter: Ravener’s Grin
Information relevant to the 9th chapter of The Standing Dead
Chapter: Raiders
Information relevant to the 4th chapter of The Standing Dead
Plainsman Saddle-Chairs
Plainsmen saddle-chairs are light constructions woven from wicker and finished with fern twine. The basic seat is shaped like a boat and is attached over and across its ‘bows’ by a belt passing under the belly of the aquar. The chair is further secured at its ‘stern’ with a belt that wraps around the root of the aquar’s tail A bundle of scouring-rush (horsetail) rods is attached transversally ‘amidships’ and is adjusted to the rider …
Drag-Cradles
Plainsmen use drag-cradles to transport people unable to walk or ride, and to carry baggage. Essentially, a drag-cradle is a stretcher, one end of which is attached to a saddle-chair, with the other dragging along the ground.