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  THE 
  OMAHA 
  TRIBE 
  

  

  [ETH. 
  ANN. 
  27 
  

  

  removed 
  and 
  the 
  poles 
  were 
  rubbed 
  smooth. 
  The 
  setting 
  up 
  of 
  a 
  

   tent 
  was 
  always 
  a 
  woman's 
  task. 
  She 
  first 
  took 
  four 
  poles, 
  laid 
  t 
  hem 
  

   together 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  then 
  tied 
  them 
  firmly 
  with 
  a 
  thong 
  

   about 
  3 
  feet 
  from 
  one 
  end. 
  She 
  then 
  raised 
  the 
  poles 
  and 
  spread 
  

   their 
  free 
  ends 
  apart 
  and 
  thrust 
  them 
  firmly 
  into 
  the 
  ground. 
  These 
  

   four 
  tied 
  poles 
  formed 
  the 
  true 
  framework 
  of 
  the 
  tent. 
  Other 
  poles 
  — 
  

   10 
  to 
  20 
  in 
  number, 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  tent 
  — 
  were 
  arranged 
  

   in 
  a 
  circle, 
  one 
  end 
  pressed 
  well 
  into 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  laid 
  in 
  

   the 
  forks 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  tied 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  poles. 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  defi- 
  

   nite 
  order 
  in 
  setting 
  up 
  the 
  poles 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  lock 
  one 
  another, 
  

   and 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  in 
  place 
  they 
  constituted 
  an 
  elastic 
  but 
  firm 
  

  

  Fig. 
  16. 
  Tipi. 
  

  

  frame, 
  which 
  could 
  resist 
  a 
  fairly 
  heavy 
  wind. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  name 
  

   for 
  the 
  fundamental 
  four 
  poles, 
  nor 
  for 
  any 
  other 
  pole 
  except 
  the 
  

   oik 
  1 
  at 
  the 
  back, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  tent 
  cover 
  was 
  tied. 
  This 
  pole 
  was 
  called 
  

   te(i 
  n 
  'deugaslil:e, 
  "the 
  one 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  buffalo 
  tail 
  was 
  tied." 
  The 
  

   name 
  tells 
  that 
  the 
  back 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  tent 
  cover 
  was 
  a 
  whole 
  hide, 
  

   the 
  tail 
  indicating 
  the 
  center 
  line. 
  When 
  the 
  poles 
  were 
  all 
  set, 
  

   this 
  back 
  pole 
  was 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  the 
  tent 
  cover 
  brought. 
  

   This 
  had 
  been 
  folded 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  be 
  tied 
  and 
  opened. 
  The 
  

   front 
  edges 
  had 
  been 
  rolled 
  or 
  folded 
  over 
  and 
  over 
  back 
  to 
  the 
  line 
  

   indicating 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cover; 
  on 
  this 
  line 
  thongs 
  had 
  been 
  sewed 
  

   at 
  the 
  top 
  and 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  cover; 
  the 
  cover 
  was 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  

  

  