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Title: The magazine of American history with notes and queries
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stevens, John Austin, 1827-1910. ed. cn DeCosta, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1831-1904. ed. cn Johnston, Henry Phelps, 1842-1923, ed. cn Lamb, Martha J. (Martha Joanna), 1829-1893. ed. cn Pond, Nathan Gillett, 1832-1894 ed Abbatt, William, 1851-1935, comp
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Publisher: New York : A.S. Barnes
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circle.These inclined poles formed the framework of the walls of the lodge. 2/4 THE PAWNEE INDIANS Poles, of like size and at equal intervals, were now laid from the loAvercross poles to the upper, but reaching so far beyond the latter that be-tween the upper extremities of these poles a circular orifice, about twofeet in diameter, was left as a skylight and smoke-hole. These polesformed the support of the roof. Willow withes were then bound trans-versely with bark to these poles at intervals of about an inch. At thisstage the lodge had some resemblance to an immense basket inverted.A layer of hay was now placed upon the framework, and the wholebuilt over with sods, the interstices in the sodwork being carefully filledwith loose soil. The thickness of the earth upon the roof was aboutnine inches, on the walls considerably more. The external appearanceof a lodge as thus finished was not unlike a large charcoal pit. Theentrance was through a passage twelve feet long and seven wide. The
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sides of this passage, which always faced the east (as did also theentrance of a skin lodge), were constructed exactly as the walls of thelodge; the top was flat and heavily covered with turf. Over its innerextremity, where it opened into the lodge, was hung a skin as a sortof closure. The lower part of this was free, so that it might be easilythrown up by those passing in and out. Inside, till a person becameaccustomed to the dim light, all seemed obscure. Near the fireplacewas a forked stake, set in an inclining position, to answer as a crane incooking. The ground about the fire was overspread with mats, uponwhich the occupants might sit. Next to the wall was a row of beds, THE PAWNEE INDIANS 2/5 extending entirely around the lodge (except at the entrance), each bedoccupying the interval between two posts of the outer circle. Thebeds were raised a few inches from the ground upon a platform of rods,over which a mat was spread, and upon this the bedding of buffalorobes and other skins

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