Beothuk and Micmac . i, f^m0 HABITATION 31 and Montagnais wigwam, because thesetribes generally erect the wigwam upon flatground. On the Penobscot river in Maine,nevertheless, such wigwam-pits, both rec-tangular and circular in outline, may beseen on Indian island. In other respects,however, the wigwams of the Beothuk andthe eastern Algonkian seem to correspondeven in such details as the hoop encirclingthe inside of the framework of poles.^ Thehoop varies somewhat in size according tothe height at which it is placed. Generallyit is lashed to the wigwam poles about sixfeet from the ground and l
Beothuk and Micmac . i, f^m0 HABITATION 31 and Montagnais wigwam, because thesetribes generally erect the wigwam upon flatground. On the Penobscot river in Maine,nevertheless, such wigwam-pits, both rec-tangular and circular in outline, may beseen on Indian island. In other respects,however, the wigwams of the Beothuk andthe eastern Algonkian seem to correspondeven in such details as the hoop encirclingthe inside of the framework of poles.^ Thehoop varies somewhat in size according tothe height at which it is placed. Generallyit is lashed to the wigwam poles about sixfeet from the ground and lends much to thesupport of the poles when the wigwam isburdened with snow. Sticks are placed onthe hoop, upon which clothing and moc-casins may be hung to be dried. Even thecooking utensils are suspended over the firefrom the cross-sticks. All is shown in pi. hoop as a structural feature, is used,we know, westward as far as the Montagnaisand the Penobscot of Maine;^^ but it isabsent from the wigwam and tipi co
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