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It can be put up with four long poles outside the can- 

 vas, the holes crossing at the top as in the Indian teepee. 

 Of course the point of the cover is attached before the 

 poles are raised. 



It may be got from D. T. Abercrombie & Co., 311 Broad- 

 way, New York. 



THE CAMP GROUND 



In selecting a good camp ground, the first thing is a dry, 

 level place near good wood and good water. If you have 

 horses or oxen, you must also have grass. 



Almost all Indian camps face the east, and, when ideal, 

 have some storm-break or shelter on the west and north. 

 Then they get the morning sun and the afternoon shade in 

 summer, and in winter avoid the coldest winds and drifting 

 snows, which in most of the country east of the Rockies 

 come from the north and west. 



Sometimes local conditions make a different exposure 

 desirable, but not often. For ob\dous reasons, it is well to 

 be near one's boat-landing. 



After pitching the tent or teepee, dig a trench around, 

 with a drain on the low side to prevent flooding. 



LATRINE 



Each small camp or group of tents in a large camp, must 

 have a latrine, that is a sanitary ditch or hole. For a small 

 camp or short use, this is a narrow trench a foot wide, sur- 

 rounded by a screen of bushes or canvas. It is made nar- 

 row enough to straddle. Each time after use, a shovelful 

 of dry earth is thrown in. 



But a large camp needs the regulation army latrine. 

 This is a row of seats with Hds over a long trench which has 

 a layer of quicklime in the bottom. The wooden structure 



