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Dakota, teepee or lodge. from life (Haupt del)

Dakota (Sioux) teepee, or lodge. with winter wind break from a photograph. Haupt del.

Chapter III Habitations. The style of habitation in which the American Indian spends his nights and the inclement weather is not very elaborate as to finish or sumptuous as to ? or arrangement at the same time the reader must not suppose that they are all alike still the typical abode of the Dakota (Sioux) is the "Teepee." or "lodge" This is a carried tent supported upon poles and covered as the case may be with Skins or canvas duck or cotten cloth. In the good old days when the Buffalo was abundant and the Dakotas Lord of the Plains the teepee was made of buffalo skin the hair side in the flesh side out and upon this was cut burned or painted select evidence the will of the "man of the house" dictated sometimes it exhibited in grotesque characters the name and exploits of the owner at other times the device elaborated upon he outer wall was merely a bit of ornament and had no special reference to his life. The ? of building and setting up the teepee unlike the abode