. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . ^lim&^^i Fig. 15. — Wichita Indians building a House. From the Report of the National Museum, 1901. They select poles and push their large endsfirmly into the ground. They then tie theends together at the top, as you see. Nowsmaller poles are bound to these horizontally,forming circles like the hoops on a barrel. Nextwisps of grass are woven over the framework,and the house is complete. \ INDIAN HOMES 37 This is the home of a family of Navajo part at the right is called the hogan. Itis a great mound of earth placed over a frame-work o
. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . ^lim&^^i Fig. 15. — Wichita Indians building a House. From the Report of the National Museum, 1901. They select poles and push their large endsfirmly into the ground. They then tie theends together at the top, as you see. Nowsmaller poles are bound to these horizontally,forming circles like the hoops on a barrel. Nextwisps of grass are woven over the framework,and the house is complete. \ INDIAN HOMES 37 This is the home of a family of Navajo part at the right is called the hogan. Itis a great mound of earth placed over a frame-work of poles. Underneath the dirt is alayer of bark and weeds to keep it from fallingthrough into the house. You can see the hole. Fig. 16.—Navajo Hogan and Ramada. at the top which serves as a chimney. Howwould you like to live in such a house? Adjoining the hogan is a summer house. Thisis called the ramada. It is covered with boughsand grass, and serves to keep off the bright sun-shine. In CaHfornia; Utah, and Nevada hve the Digger 38 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED Indians. They received this name because theydig roots from the earth, and use them in variousways. -^^^^^j. ?j S^^)^ ^?, wj^^K^^Wi rmm^^^^K^ ^ ?• fl ^m MH k - J W\ if If l^^^^^l IP^^ii ^ If Ji w^^^^^^^^ - -^ ^M^^^-afcJ > v\^ Fig. 17. — An Apache Kan, or House. The chief food of the Diggers is acorns. Theymake long trips across the mountains in searchof these, carrying them home in baskets suchas you see in the picture. Then the womengrind them in mortars of stone, and bake asort of bread from the flour.
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