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another to K. Hem a rope all along on the bottom B C D. Cut 12 pieces of rope each about 15 inches long, fasten one very firmly to the canvas at B, another at the point D, and the rest at regular distances to the hem-rope along the edge between, for peg-loops. The tepee cover is now made. (See Cut VII.)
For the door (some never use one) take a limber sapling ¾-inch thick and 5 1-2 feet long, also one 22 inches long. Bend the long one into a horseshoe and fasten the short one across the ends (A in Cut VII). On this stretch canvas, leaving a flap at the top, in the middle of which two small holes are made (B, Cut VII) so as to hang the door on a lacing-pin. Nine of these lacing-pins are needed. They are of smooth, round, straight hardwood, a foot long and 1-4-inch thick. The way of skewering the two edges together is seen in the Omaha teepee at the end of the line in Cut IX.
Now all the necessary parts of the teepee cover are made and it appears as in Cut VII. But no real Indian would live in a teepee which was not decorated in some way and it is well to begin the adorning while the cover is flat on the ground. From the centre A at 7 feet distance draw a circle; draw another at 6 1-2 feet, another at 3 feet and another at 2 1-2 feet (Cut VII|). Make the lines any color you like, put a row of spots or zigzags in each of the 6-inch bands; then on the side, midway between A and C, draw a 1-foot circle.
