. Bulletin. Ethnology. Densmore] SEMINOLE MUSIC 9 articles were stored in tlie rafters, including several modern hoes, a glass jar of seed corn, and a piece of the heart of a cabbage palm, used for food. The cooking fire, with logs arranged like spokes of a wheel, is under a sloping thatch (fig. 1, C). Another sloping thatch, also w^ithout sides, extends almost to the ground and is used as a storage shack {G). Two uncovered platforms are in the camp, one on which a kettle was overturned, showing its use for cooking utensils (Z>) and the other being used for drying squashes and pumpkins, sev
. Bulletin. Ethnology. Densmore] SEMINOLE MUSIC 9 articles were stored in tlie rafters, including several modern hoes, a glass jar of seed corn, and a piece of the heart of a cabbage palm, used for food. The cooking fire, with logs arranged like spokes of a wheel, is under a sloping thatch (fig. 1, C). Another sloping thatch, also w^ithout sides, extends almost to the ground and is used as a storage shack {G). Two uncovered platforms are in the camp, one on which a kettle was overturned, showing its use for cooking utensils (Z>) and the other being used for drying squashes and pumpkins, several remaining upon it {H). At one corner an old garment was hung on a pole to. Figure 1.—Diagram of New Florida Camp in the Everglades: A, Edge of ham- mock; R, principal dwelling; C, fire with slanting roof above it; D, platform with inverted kettle; A', smaller dwelling belonging to John Cypress; F, waterhole; G, storage shack; H, platform on which squash were drying: /, pole with garment as "scarecrow" ; ./, garden; K, path for entering and leaving camp. (Relative position is shown but not relative size.) serve as a scarecrow (/). A waterhole is located at F, this being a hole into which the water seeps and from which it is drawn by means of a pail. The edge of the hammock {A) is at the top of a steep bank, perhaps 3 or 4 feet high, and is marked by trees covered with thick vines. The garden plot {J) was not cleared, but tamps and mallets for driving stakes were seen. Within the garden were mulberry trees which had been planted and taro which had been set out. There was stubble of corn, and wild papaws and pumpkins were seen growing. Two banana trees were in the garden, these being the coarse variety sometimes called "horse ; Beyond the garden were live oaks,. 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 perfe
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