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Frame for Ojibway Wigwam. (Haupt del)

Method of tying frame of Wigwam.

Ojibway: "Wig-was-i-gam-ig" Birch Bark Camp. Haupt

end of bark plate

Birch bark plate for Covering "wig-was-i-gam-ig." length 12 feet Width 3 " 8 inches

Method of sewing birch bark. {Haupt del.)

Method of sewing birch bark in cleveage lines.

The place being selected the squaw unburdened of the covering of the camp procures a number of poles about an inch and a half to two inches in diameter with these she procedes to construct a frame ? having a rectangular floor and with walls carrying to an apex in the centre. a door is left at each end of this frame ? and the rule is that the door shall open to the east and west if but one door it is to the east. The frame work is strengthened by horizontal poles tied at right angles with the central ones The manner of tying is to pass a strand of Bass wood fibre or twine around the cross and tie it in a single loop ? that it may be taken apart for the Ojibway squaw never