. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. Skin-covered The Town op Pomeiooo. (30 INDIANS AND PIONEERS. on the inside. The long wigwams were usuallyso placed tliut tlie doors in each end looked towardthe north and the south. According to the wayof the wind, one or the other was nearly always open,to make the proper draft for the fire. Wo. mightnot call it a proper draft, but the Indians weresatisfied if it sent enough smoke througli the holein the top of the hut, to make the fire burn. Thewigwam door was like a rude gate, covered by apiece of bark or skin. These doors
. Indians and pioneers; an historical reader for the young. Skin-covered The Town op Pomeiooo. (30 INDIANS AND PIONEERS. on the inside. The long wigwams were usuallyso placed tliut tlie doors in each end looked towardthe north and the south. According to the wayof the wind, one or the other was nearly always open,to make the proper draft for the fire. Wo. mightnot call it a proper draft, but the Indians weresatisfied if it sent enough smoke througli the holein the top of the hut, to make the fire burn. Thewigwam door was like a rude gate, covered by apiece of bark or skin. These doors were fastenedwith wooden pins when they were fastened at all. ABBINOS. There was nothing of what we call furniture inthe wigwams, not even beds. Everyone sat andslept on skins and on mats woven from rushes bythe women. These were thrown upon the ground,but all the men and women had their own matsand skins and their own places for them and fortheir own belongings, which they kept behindtheir mats. These spaces were called were on the bare earth, for the wigwams ha
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