Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Wagon fort" in English language version.
Hamilton translates "ad carraginem quam ita ipsi appellant" as "to what they call their wagon-fort".
The corral was composed of fourteen of these wagon boxes, placed end-to-end so as to form an oval-shaped enclosure. ... The corral was positioned so that both "pineries" were under visual control and was "well selected for defense ...
Scattered trains, as before stated, were to be brought together and arrangements made for defense. ... Within an hour all the trains were merged in one immense corral, the wagons as they were driven into place being fastened together with four chains apiece.
The Wagon Box fight has gained legendary status over the years as a tumultuous and successful defensive stand by woodcutters and their 27th Infantry escort. ... [T]he garrison at Phil Kearny had constructed a protective corral of wagon beds to protect livestock and serve as a defensive position in case of Indian attack.
There were about a score of the large tilted wagons (Troy and Conestoga), with several smaller vehicles (Dearborns and Jerseys). ... With the larger wagons, a 'corral' had been formed, as is the usual custom of the prairie caravan.
Grain fields cover the land where oxen once pulled the huge Conestoga wagons. Once the wagons were well away from the water, the waiting Indians swooped down. Quickly the wagons were swung about to form a corral. Inside were three hundred men, women, and children, and all their animals.
Sounds right for a Gypsy name. Tabor in Polish is a wagon train and a "tabor cygański" is a Gypsy wagon train.
