. Contributions to North American ethnology. Vol. I-VII, IX. Indians of North America; Ethnology. MOKUANi llOISIvS OF THE VIKGIXIA INDIANS. 1 1 T; of the prairie region. I have seen it in use among seven ci eight Dakota sub-tribes, among the lowas, Otoes, and Pawnees, and among the Bhiek- feet, Crows, Assiniboines, and Crees. In 1878 I saw it in use among tlie Utes of" Colorado. A collection of fifty of these tents, which would accommodate five hundred persons, make a picturesque aj)pearance. Under the name of the "Sibley tent" it is now in use, with some modifica- tions of plan
. Contributions to North American ethnology. Vol. I-VII, IX. Indians of North America; Ethnology. MOKUANi llOISIvS OF THE VIKGIXIA INDIANS. 1 1 T; of the prairie region. I have seen it in use among seven ci eight Dakota sub-tribes, among the lowas, Otoes, and Pawnees, and among the Bhiek- feet, Crows, Assiniboines, and Crees. In 1878 I saw it in use among tlie Utes of" Colorado. A collection of fifty of these tents, which would accommodate five hundred persons, make a picturesque aj)pearance. Under the name of the "Sibley tent" it is now in use, with some modifica- tions of plan, in the United States Army, for service on the plains. Sir Richard Grenville's in 1585 visited the south part of the original colony of Virginia, now included in North Carolina. They landed at Roanoke Island, and also ^^ ascended a section of AJbemarle Sound as far as the villages of Pomeiock and Secotan. An artist, John Wyth, be- fore mentioned, was a member of this expedition, and we are indebted to him for a number of valuable sketches—the two villages named among the number, of which copies are given, together with representa- tions of the people and of their in- dustrial arts The description of Pomeiock is as follows: "The towns in Virginia are very like those of Florida, not, however, so well and firmly built, and are enclosed by a circular palisade with a narrow entrance. In the town of Pomeiock, the buildings are mostly those of the chiefs and men of rank. On one side is the Temple (council-house) (A) of a circular shape, apart from the rest, and covered with mats on every side, without windows, and receiving no light except through the entrance. The resi- dence of their chief (B) is constructed of poles fixed in the ground, bound together and covered with mats, which are thrown off at pleasure, to admit as much light and air as they may require. Some ai-e covered with the boughs of trees. The natives, as represented in the plate, are indulging. Plea
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