sentences:  The axle was also made of seasoned oak.It was lashed to the cart by strips of wet bison hide known by its Cree name of "shaganappi", which shrank and tightened as they dried.The axles connected two spoked wheels, five or six feet in diameter, which were "dished" or in the form of a shallow cone, the apex of which was at the hubs, which were inboard of the rims.