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Northern Shoshoni have also been observed with 



brush Lodges and tipis in the same camp. These 

 instances are probably examples of a transition in 

 culture. Thus, we see how even among the Less civilized 

 peoples all are prone to he influenced by the culture of 



Fig. 9. Hidatsa Village in 1868. 

 (The low earth-covered lodges are obscured by the poles of drying- 

 frames. Morrow photo reproduced by F. X. Wilson. ) 



their neighbors and that in consequence, cultures grade 

 into one another according to geographical relations. 



Another curious thing is that all the tribes raising- 

 maize used earth or bark houses, but as a rule lived in 

 them only while planting, tending, and harvesting the 



