O JIB WAY HABITATIONS BUSHNELL. 617 



6 feet in height and the peak of the roof twice that distance above 

 the ground. The heavy frame was covered with large sheets of elm 

 bark which had evidently been renewed from time to time during 

 preceding years. No traces of seats remained, and grass was again 

 growing on the ground which had served as the floor. This was the 

 scene of the treaty of October 5, 1889, between the Ojibway of 

 Mille Lac and the United States Government, which proved so dis- 

 astrous to the former. 



Such were the native structures of the Ojibway, and although 

 variations would undoubtedly have been found in different parts 

 of their country, the general forms remained the same. 



