Some Indian Ways 445 



This is a 20-footer and is large enough for 10 boys to 

 live in. A large one is easier to keep clear of smoke, but 

 most boys will prefer a smaller one, as it is much handier, 

 cheaper, and easier to make. I shall therefore give the 

 working plan of a lo-foot teepee of the simplest form — 

 the raw material of which can be bought new for about 



$5- 

 It requires 22 square yards of 6- or 8-ounce duck, heavy 



unbleached muslin, or Canton flannel (the wder the better, 



as that saves labor in making up), which costs about $4; 



100 feet of yV-iiich clothesline, 25 cents; string for sewing 



rope ends, etc., 5 cents. 



Of course, one can often pick up second-hand materials 

 that are quite good and cost next to nothing. An old 

 wagon cover, or two or three old sheets, will make the tee- 

 pee, and even if they are patched it is all right; the Indian 

 teepees are often mended where bullets and arrows have 

 gone through them. Scraps of rope, if not rotted, will 

 work in well enough. 



Suppose you have new material to deal with. Get it 

 machine run together 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. Lay 

 this down perfectly flat (Cut I). On a peg or nail 

 at A in the middle of the long side put a lo-foot cord loosely, 

 and then with a burnt stick in a loop at the other end draw 

 the half -circle BCD. Now mark out the two little tri- 

 angles at A. A E is 6 inches, A F and E F each one foot; 

 the other triangle, A R G, is the same size. Cut the canvas 

 along these dotted lines. From the scraps left over cut 

 two pieces for smoke-flaps, as shown. On the long corner 

 of each (H in No. i, I in No. 2) a small three-cornered piece 

 should be sewed, to make a pocket for the end of the pole. 



Now sew the smoke-flaps to the cover so that M L of No. 

 I is neatly fitted to P E, and N O of No. 2 to Q D. 



Two inches from the edge B P make a double row of holes; 



