Some Indian Ways 473 



cords at this point. Then, using shorter rods, make a 

 narrower part about eighteen inches high for a head. 

 Finally, cover this head with a piece of brown khaki or 

 canvas which should be decorated with the band's colors 

 and totem, either painted or done in beadwork, or in colored 

 cottons that are cut out and sewed on (Cuts Nos. 3 and 4). 





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It is well to add also a wooden hook for one's watch (a and 

 b, Cut No. 3) and a pocket for matches and money, etc., at 

 night. 



The Indians often elaborated these beds to a great extent 

 when in permanent camps. Each rod was selected, per- 

 fectly straight, thinned at the butt end, to be uniform, and 

 an extra piece added at the bed, head and foot, to curl up 

 as end-boards. That at the head was elaborately dcco- 



