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of the prairie region. I have seen it in use among seven ox eight Dakota 
sub-tribes, among the Iowas, Otoes, and Pawnees, and among the Black- 
feet, Crows, Assiniboines, and Crees. In 1878 I saw it in use among the 
Utes of Colorado. A collection of fifty of these tents, which would 
accommodate five hundred persons, make a picturesque appearance. 
Under the name of the ‘Sibley tent” it is now in use, with some modifica- 
tions of plan, in the United States Army, for service on the plains. 
Sir Richard Grenville’s expedition in 1585 visited the south part of 
the original colony of Virginia, now included in North Carolina. They 
landed at Roanoke Island, and also 
ascended a section of Albemarle Sound 
as far as the villages of Pomeiock and 
Secotan. An artist, John Wyth, be- 
fore mentioned, was a member of 
this expedition, and we are indebted 
to him for a number of valuable 
sketches—the two villages named 
among the number, of which copies 
are given, together with representa- 
tions of the people and of their in- 
dustrial arts The description of 
Pomeiock is as follows: ‘The towns 
in Virginia are very like those of 
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Florida, not, however, so well and ee ee Ope ose cmeiodl 
firmly built, and are enclosed by a circular palisade with a narrow entrance. 
In the town of Pomeiock, the buildings are mostly those of the chiefs and 
men of rank. On one side is the Temple (council-house) (A) of a circular 
shape, apart from the rest, and covered with mats on every side, without 
windows, and receiving no light except through the entrance. The resi- 
dence of their chief (B) is constructed of poles fixed in the ground, bound 
together and covered with mats, which are thrown off at pleasure, to admit 
as much light and air as they may require. Some are covered with the 
boughs of trees. The natives, as represented in the plate, are indulging 
