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six feet high, which are so placed as to form a 

 circular figure, eighteen feet -in diameter. On 

 the front side two more posts, six feet long, are 

 set up, ten feet from the building, and four feet 

 apart, Short poles are then laid round on these 

 sixteen forks, and on the forks of the two posts^ 

 which project in. front, to connect them with the 

 building. Stakes are then placed in a reclining- 

 position, so as to lean against the poles which 

 are placed on the six feet posts, and stand eight 

 or nine inches apart. 1 At the upper end of these 

 stakes, poles are fastened, so that the other end 

 rests upon the ridge poles. When the frame is 

 thus completed, the whole is covered with willow 

 and cotton wood branches, except an opening 

 between the ridge poles, for the smoke to pass, 

 and the space in the front of the projection, which 

 is left for a door way. Over the branches is laid 

 a covering of long grass, and over the grass, a 

 coat of clay mortar. 



These huts are placed with great regularity, in 

 two straight rows. The doors in each row front 

 those in the opposite row, so that the huts stand 

 facing each other, with a space of twelve feet be- 

 tween the doors. The town is picketed with 

 pickets, twelve feet high, and set very close, to 

 prevent firing between them. There is one gate 

 way, which is shut at night. 



These people are much more cleanly in their 

 persons, dress, and food, than the Sioux. They 

 are also of a lighter; complexion, which is of a 



