North American Indians of the Plains . Fig. 8. Setting up a Crow Tip!Petzold photo.) J9 10 INDIAN- OF THE PLAINS four more posts are erected, ol much greater diameter than the outerand rising to the heighl of ten or more feet above the four posts stand in the corners ol a square oi about fifteen feet,:md their tops are connected with four heavy logs or beams laid hori-zontally. From the tour central beams to the smaller external beams,long poles, as rafters, are stretched al an angle of aboul •><) with thehorizon; and from ih«- outer beams to the earth a number of Bhorterpol
North American Indians of the Plains . Fig. 8. Setting up a Crow Tip!Petzold photo.) J9 10 INDIAN- OF THE PLAINS four more posts are erected, ol much greater diameter than the outerand rising to the heighl of ten or more feet above the four posts stand in the corners ol a square oi about fifteen feet,:md their tops are connected with four heavy logs or beams laid hori-zontally. From the tour central beams to the smaller external beams,long poles, as rafters, are stretched al an angle of aboul •><) with thehorizon; and from ih«- outer beams to the earth a number of Bhorterpoles are laid .-it an angle of about 4.)°. Finally a number of Baplingsor rails arc laid horizontally to cover the space between the four centralbeams, leaving only a hole for the combined skylight and frame is thru covered with willows, hay, and earth, as before men-tioned; the covering being of equal depth over all parts of the , 1-5 . Houses of approximately the same type were usedby the Pawnee, Omaha,
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