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twenty boys to live in. A large one is easier to keep clear of smoke, but most boys will prefer a smaller one, as it is much handier, cheaper and easier to make. I shall therefore give the working plan of a io-foot teepee of the simplest form — the raw material of which can be bought new for less than $4.00. This is big enough for four, or perhaps five, boys.
It requires 22 square yards of 6 or 8-ounce duck, heavy unbleached muslin or Canton flannel (the wider the better, as that saves labor in making up), which costs about $3.00; 75 feet of 3-16-inch clothesline, 15 cents; string for sewing rope ends, etc., 5 cents.
Of course one can often pick up second-hand materials that are quite good and cost next to nothing. An old wagon cover, or two or three old sheets, will make the teepee, and even if they are patched it is all right, the Indian teepees are often mended where bullets and arrows went through them. Scraps of rope, if not rotted, will work in well enough.
Supposing you have new material to deal with. Get it machine-run together, 20 feet long and 10 feet wide. Lay this doWn perfectly flat (Cut VI). On a peg or nail at A in the middle of the long side put a 10-foot cord loosely, and then with a burnt stick in a loop at the other end draw the half-circle B C D. Now cut out the two little triangles at A each 6 inches on each side. Cut the canvas along these dotted lines. From the scraps left over cut two pieces for smoke-flaps, as shown. On ..text pokračuje
