`` i 've never seen sae many outlandish-looking people in all my born days , '' she said , making no effort not to stare as a pair of cherokee braves in full regalia rode up to the trading post , followed by several women on foot in a mixture of doeskins and european shifts , skirts , breeches , and jackets , these dragging bundles of hides on a travois or carrying huge cloth bundles full of squash , beans , corn , dried fish , or other salables on their heads or backs .