. Bulletin. Ethnology. 14 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 199 details suggest that here we have an attempt to build a log cabin but without a detailed knowledge of cabin construction, since the front corners were not mortised. From the number of small vertical poles placed along the inner front and sidewalls it would appear that these fcr -S" o a ^ *-b xt- c. «- b meter <- c Figure 1.—House 1. walls did not remain vertical as the builders had hoped, probably be- cause the logs were stacked but not interlocked at the front corners. The problem of sidewall stability probably was not
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 14 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bull. 199 details suggest that here we have an attempt to build a log cabin but without a detailed knowledge of cabin construction, since the front corners were not mortised. From the number of small vertical poles placed along the inner front and sidewalls it would appear that these fcr -S" o a ^ *-b xt- c. «- b meter <- c Figure 1.—House 1. walls did not remain vertical as the builders had hoped, probably be- cause the logs were stacked but not interlocked at the front corners. The problem of sidewall stability probably was not as critical smce some balance would have been achieved there with the log ends em-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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