. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . se. A minute more and the polesare pushed under the cloth and through theopening at the top. You would know thiswas not the first tepee that the squaws had setup, or they could not so easily lift the houseto its place. Look how they spread the polesfar apart at the bottom. One by one theother poles are fastened in place. Tap! Tap!Tap ! The squaws are driving a few pegs intothe ground, fastening the tepee at the bottom;and now the work is finished, and the familycan move in. You notice that the cloth does not come to-gether at the top of the tepee
. How we are sheltered; a geographical reader . se. A minute more and the polesare pushed under the cloth and through theopening at the top. You would know thiswas not the first tepee that the squaws had setup, or they could not so easily lift the houseto its place. Look how they spread the polesfar apart at the bottom. One by one theother poles are fastened in place. Tap! Tap!Tap ! The squaws are driving a few pegs intothe ground, fastening the tepee at the bottom;and now the work is finished, and the familycan move in. You notice that the cloth does not come to-gether at the top of the tepee. The opening takesthe place of a chimney. A fire is built on theground in the middle of the house. A kettle ishung over the fire, and here the cooking isdone. Around the edge of the tent are skins 36 HOW WE ARE SHELTERED and blankets upon which the members of thefamily sleep. Here are some houses made by the WichitaIndians. The one on the left looks like a pileof hay or an old-fashioned beehive. At theright are two workmen building a house. m. ^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
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