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earth to a depth of c'i^ht or ten inches. The sides are 

 also sometimes banked with earth. No opening is 

 left for the smoke to escape but because of the clhnate 

 fires are seldom needed in the houses. Tlie Papago 

 houses are similar to those of the Pima. 



The jMohave houses have an inner frame sunilar to 

 that employed in the Pima houses but the outer portion 

 is rectangular with low vertical walls. The sides and 



Navajo House. 



roofs are thatched and the roof also has a layer of sand. 

 The Navajo live in winter in earth-covered lodges. 

 The house has for its chief support three large logs with 

 forked tops. These are locked together by placing 

 the fork of one in the fork of a second, and thrusting 

 the fork of the third betw^een them. Other logs and 

 small poles are laid on these until a conical house is 

 enclosed. Brush is placed in the larger cracks and 



