TlIK NOMADIC PEOPLKS. 



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All of tlu* Ai)iicho west of the Rio Grande made 

 houses which had frames of poles, covered with a thatch 

 of weeds or grass. The prevailing type among the 

 San Carlos Apache is dome-shaped. When the house 

 is small, the frame is made by setting poles a few inches 

 in the ground in a circle, bending their tops over, and 

 lashing them together. These poles are held in the 



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San Carlos Apache Women building a House. 



proper curves by horizontal ones lashed to them. 

 When a larger house is needed, poles are first placed 

 forming a series of arches which overlap each other 

 and together complete a circle except for the doorway. 

 These arches support the main ribs running from the 

 ground to the apex. The thatch, which is usually 



