gunny

I lingered outside the teahouse, behind a pile of gunny bags and watched.

Once the dogs were baying along the rabbit's scent, the gamekeeper ran across the trail ahead of them, dragging a gunny sack of red herrings.

“He told them to put it in a walking boot, and he tied it on the saddle with a gunny sack,” she said.

Together, they fill several gunny sacks with fish — most of which will be cooked and served the following day at a public lamprey celebration hosted by the tribe.

Yakama Nation tribal member Rod Begay passed me a fish about 18 inches long as he transferred part of the day’s catch into a gunny sack for transport back to the boat.