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place, between it and the door, was a large flat slab of stone placed on 

 edge to protect the fire from the draft. Some of the houses had two 

 sleeping platforms, one above the other, the lower one raised very little 

 above the floor and the other about three feet above it. Plans of two 

 of these houses are shown in figures 80 and 81. 



On the long strip of low, saudy coast, between Ignituk and Cape 

 Nome, were located a number of small houses, which were used by the 

 people while snaring marmots {Spermophilus parryi) in spring, or 

 when salmon fishing in summer. These summer houses, or shelters, 

 were conical lodges, made by standing up sticks of driftwood in a 



Fig. 80 — Section of house at Ijiuituk. 



close circle, with their tops leaning together, forming a structure like 

 an Indian tij)i; they were built by first lashing together three pieces 

 of wood and setting them up like a tripod, the others being leaned 

 against them to complete the rude structure. On the inside a rough 

 sleeping platform was supported on four corner stakes at the back of 

 the room. A narrow vacant space between two of the logs, forming 

 the wall, served as a doorway. 



In the village on the north side of Cape Nome the houses were built 

 very much like those of Ignituk, but varied in some particulars. 



Fig. 81— Section of Louse at Ignituk. 



They were constructed of driftwood, with an outer storeroom, which 

 was entered through a hole in the roof, access to which was gained by 

 means of a notched ladder. From this storeroom was a passage about 

 three feet high, which ended in a hole leading through the wall directly 

 onto the plank floor of the living room, which had a sleeping bench 

 about four feet from the floor, and below this the floor was usually occu- 

 pied for the same purpose. Leading from the entrance storeroom 

 were one or two other passages communicating with other living rooms, 

 and on one side a short passage opened into a room about 8 by 10 feet 

 in dimension and 6 or 7 feet in height, which served as a cooking room 



