Waterman, T. T. (Thomas Talbot), b. 1885, Greiner, Ruth · New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation · leaf 48
30 PUGET SOUND HOUSES downward. The whole arrangement had a general resemblance to tiling. The two kinds of planks may be seen in fig. 2. … Fig. 2. — Two types of roof -planks. These roof-boards were held in place in some cases by being weighted with stones. In better houses a strip (7) was laid along a row of boards, just over one of the longitudinal plates. Holes were bored through the planks, and a cedar withe (8) was passed through…
Indians of North America
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