. British North America: I. The far West, the home of the Salish and Déné . e second class of dwellings, the winter-lodges,were of a more massive and permanent kind thanthose just described. These were circular, mound-like,semi-subterranean huts, which, like the long-houses ofthe coast and delta tribes, varied in their dimensionsaccording to the nature of the village-site and thenumber of the families to inhabit them. The diameterof some structures was as small as fifteen feet, whileothers stretched to sixty feet; but in general they hada diameter of from twenty-five to thirty feet. A hutof th
. British North America: I. The far West, the home of the Salish and Déné . e second class of dwellings, the winter-lodges,were of a more massive and permanent kind thanthose just described. These were circular, mound-like,semi-subterranean huts, which, like the long-houses ofthe coast and delta tribes, varied in their dimensionsaccording to the nature of the village-site and thenumber of the families to inhabit them. The diameterof some structures was as small as fifteen feet, whileothers stretched to sixty feet; but in general they hada diameter of from twenty-five to thirty feet. A hutof this size commonly accommodated from twenty tothirty persons. Several related families usually occupied the samedwelling in common, each family having its ownsection, and, in the larger structures, its own entrance to these winter houses was in the apexof the roof, through the smoke-hole, by means of anotched pole. The floor of these dwellings, exceptaround the hearth site, was kept covered with fir andspruce branches. These were renewed from time to Plate ii. o Photo by C. \V. Mathers, Vancouver, To face page 56 HABITATIONS 57 time, and always when some guest of honour wasexpected. Layers of the same material covered withskins or grass-mats formed the couches of the some tribes hammock beds were used. These weremade of buckskin stretched on thongs, which werefastened to the beams of the house. These under-ground dwellings were, among the Salish, usuallyoccupied from December to March, the cold seasonof the southern interior of the Province. All the tribes of this region construct temporaryshelters for the use of girls on arriving at woman-hood and for women during their periods. Theywere generally roughly made of brushwood or cedarbark, conical, and just big enough for a single personto sit inside them without discomfort. The occupantsof these structures customarily spent their time inmaking yarn. The Carrier tribes, living in close proximity to t
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