How we are sheltered; a geographical reader (1906)
Chamberlain, James Franklin, 1869-1943 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co.,ltd. · leaf 53
cloth does not come to-gether at the top of the tepee. The opening takesthe place of a chimney. A fire is built on theground in the middle of the house. A kettle ishung over the fire, and here the cooking isdone. Around the edge of the tent are skins 36 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED and blankets upon which… … ^lim&^^i Fig. 15. — Wichita Indians building a House. From the Report of the National Museum, 1901. They select poles and push their large endsfirmly into the ground. They then tie theends together at the top, as you see. Nowsmaller poles are bound to these horizontally,forming circles like the…
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