﻿THE 
  STONE 
  AND 
  BONE 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  ARICKAREES. 
  41 
  

  

  Figure 
  21 
  (PL 
  VI). 
  Around 
  the 
  village, 
  except 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  

   bluff, 
  was 
  a 
  stockade, 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  feet 
  high, 
  made 
  of 
  timbers 
  

   inserted 
  vertically 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  ; 
  but 
  then 
  in 
  a 
  dilapidated 
  state. 
  

   It 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  the 
  prairie, 
  without 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  sight 
  for 
  miles, 
  except 
  

   upon 
  the 
  bottom 
  lands 
  along 
  the 
  river 
  between 
  the 
  bluffs. 
  Grass 
  

   grows 
  luxuriantly 
  upon 
  the 
  undulating 
  surface, 
  presenting 
  a 
  land- 
  

   scape 
  of 
  unusual 
  beauty. 
  Buffaloes 
  were 
  grazing 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  

   our 
  visit, 
  within 
  a 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  village, 
  a 
  spectacle 
  probably 
  which 
  

   had 
  not 
  been 
  witnessed 
  since 
  the 
  Man 
  dans 
  established 
  themselves 
  

   at 
  this 
  point: 
  thus 
  showing 
  how 
  quickly 
  the 
  wild 
  animals 
  return 
  

   to 
  their 
  former 
  haunts 
  after 
  man 
  has 
  departed. 
  

  

  The 
  houses 
  were 
  circular 
  in 
  external 
  form, 
  the 
  wall 
  being 
  about 
  

   five 
  feet 
  high, 
  and 
  sloping 
  upward 
  from 
  the 
  ground 
  with 
  an 
  in- 
  

   clined 
  roof, 
  both 
  exterior 
  w 
  r 
  all 
  and 
  roof 
  being 
  plastered 
  over 
  

   with 
  earth 
  a 
  foot 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  thick. 
  In 
  Figure 
  22, 
  (PL 
  VI.) 
  a 
  

   ground 
  plan 
  of 
  the 
  Man 
  dan 
  lodge 
  is 
  given. 
  These 
  houses 
  are 
  

   about 
  forty 
  feet 
  in 
  diameter, 
  with 
  the 
  floor 
  sunk 
  a 
  foot 
  or 
  more 
  

   below 
  the 
  surface, 
  six 
  feet 
  high 
  on 
  the 
  inside 
  on 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  

   exterior 
  wall, 
  and 
  from 
  twelve 
  to 
  fifteen 
  feet 
  high 
  at 
  the 
  centre. 
  

   They 
  are 
  timber-framed, 
  and 
  superior 
  in 
  design 
  and 
  mechan- 
  

   ism 
  to 
  any 
  houses 
  constructed 
  by 
  Indian 
  nations 
  north 
  of 
  New 
  

   Mexico 
  and 
  Southern 
  Utah. 
  Twelve 
  posts, 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  inches 
  in 
  

   diameter, 
  are 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  at 
  equal 
  distances 
  in 
  the 
  circumfer- 
  

   ence 
  of 
  a 
  circle, 
  and 
  rising 
  about 
  six 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  floor. 
  

   String 
  pieces, 
  resting 
  on 
  forks 
  upon 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  each 
  post, 
  connect 
  

   them 
  with 
  each 
  other, 
  thus 
  forming 
  a 
  polygon 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   roof 
  and 
  also 
  upon 
  the 
  ground 
  floor. 
  Against 
  these, 
  and 
  opposite 
  

   to 
  each 
  post, 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  of 
  braces 
  are 
  sunk 
  in 
  the 
  ground 
  

   about 
  four 
  feet 
  distant, 
  which, 
  slanting 
  upward, 
  are 
  adjusted 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  forks 
  or 
  depressions 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  ends, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  hold 
  both 
  

   the 
  posts 
  and 
  the 
  stringers 
  firmly 
  in 
  their 
  places. 
  Slabs 
  of 
  wood 
  or 
  

   round 
  timbers 
  are 
  then 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  spaces 
  between 
  the 
  braces, 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  inclination 
  from 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  resting 
  against 
  the 
  

   stringers, 
  which 
  w 
  T 
  hen 
  completed 
  surrounded 
  the 
  lodge 
  with 
  a 
  

   wooden 
  wall. 
  Four 
  posts, 
  each 
  six 
  or 
  eight 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  are 
  

   set 
  at 
  the 
  four 
  angles 
  of 
  a 
  square 
  in 
  the 
  centre, 
  ten 
  feet 
  apart, 
  and 
  

   rising 
  from 
  twelve 
  to 
  fourteen 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  floor. 
  These 
  are 
  

   again 
  connected 
  by 
  stringers 
  resting 
  in 
  forks 
  on 
  their 
  tops, 
  upon 
  

   which 
  and 
  the 
  external 
  walls 
  the 
  rafters 
  rest. 
  A 
  cross 
  section 
  of 
  

   the 
  house 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  Figure 
  23, 
  (PL 
  VI.) 
  w 
  T 
  hich 
  exhibits 
  the 
  

   interior 
  framework 
  here 
  described. 
  Poles 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  

  

  