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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, sandy 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 
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Fie. 80—Section of house at Tenituk. 
close cirele, with their tops leaning together, forming a structure like 
an Indian tipi; 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. 
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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 oceu- 
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 
