First of all Early settler hunted their own food when they needed to and harvested their own food to survive.They made their tools, weapons, cloths, means of transportation in many ways one is by walkiing or using a horse. I am sure depending where they lived for example access to a river then they would use a boat. I can imagine if I am living in the mountain where there is snow I would most like like try to use a sled with a animal pulling me. If I lived in the south I most like had a horse with a wagon.