A portion was packed in parfleche bags, to be taken to the winter lodge, or to be used for food on journeys.    From Wordnik.com.  [Buffalo Bird Woman's Garden] Reference

La Luna sat near her brother, sewing "parfleche" soles upon a pair of moccasins.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Scalp Hunters] Reference

"Maybe we can get enough hide to make a new parfleche, too," she said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

Ayla reached for the parfleche to pack it, but something caught her eye.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mammoth Hunters]

One parfleche had scintillating beads, all in a row and of different colors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Centennial]

While they traveled, the missing parfleche and long poles preyed on Ayla's mind.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

He was erecting the tripod of poles from which the parfleche full of meat would be suspended.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

One intriguing pre-Contact craft the shop offers is parfleche, AKA the Samsonite of the Plains.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts] Reference

With trembling hands Lost Eagle rummaged through his parfleche until he found his blue officer's uniform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Centennial]

The cooked bison roast and tongue from their meal were put into a rawhide parfleche in which she stored food.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

One corner of the parfleche had been torn out by teeth and claws, one sausage broken into, but the cairn had stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mammoth Hunters]

He had his good horse, his rifle, his parfleche; the signal was given, and he left Rattlesnake Buttes for the last time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Centennial]

They hung the parfleche; then Ayla glanced toward the fireplace, thinking about the food she had just put on to cook, though nothing was apparent.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

They brought everything inside the tent with them, except the parfleche hanging from the poles, and even the damp Wolf seemed happy to curl up at Ayla's feet.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

As in the range of parfleche available, past and present entwine throughout the collection in a vibrant demonstration of the way tradition can evolve while remaining true to its source.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts] Reference

Ayla opened a small parfleche, a carrying case made of stiff rawhide, in which she had packed food for them, some dried meat that she thought was aurochs, and a small basket of dried blueberries and little tart plums.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mammoth Hunters]

"The Sioux had parfleche soles to all their moccasins," said John, wisely.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Young Alaskans on the Missouri] Reference

He proffered a pair of moccasins, parfleche-soled and comfortable, to Bartley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Partners of Chance] Reference

Her moccasins are of deer skin, with parfleche soles and worked with porcupine quills.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackfoot Lodge Tales] Reference

The body was wrapped in blankets and robes and bound around and around with parfleche ropes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Legends of the Sioux] Reference

They built three great tepees, in one of which were stored rows upon rows of parfleche bags of dried meat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Myths and Legends of the Sioux] Reference

Then everybody began to sing hard, and four young men pounded with sticks on a parfleche, in time to the music.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Buffalo Ran] Reference

Bags and sacks were made of parfleche, usually ornamented with buckskin fringe, and painted with various designs in bright colors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackfoot Lodge Tales] Reference

So the old woman made him some moccasins, seven pairs, with parfleche soles, and also she gave him a sack of food, -- pemmican of berries, pounded meat, and dried back fat; for this old woman had a good heart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackfoot Lodge Tales] Reference

But when he found that the girl wanted to go, he painted her forehead with red clay, and tied a goose skin, which he had, about her head, and lent her his badly tanned robe, which in spots was hard like a parfleche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackfoot Lodge Tales] Reference

Roe deer makes such soft leather, "Ayla said as she put the last piece of meat in her parfleche," and did you see the fur on that sable? ".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]

"Your parfleche, and the long poles.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Plains of Passage]