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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA 131 The holes on the other side, Q D, must exactly fit on these. At A fasten very strongly a 4- foot rope by the middle. Fasten the end of a 10- foot cord to J and another to K; hem a rope all along in the bottom, BCD. Cut 12 pieces of rope each about 15 inches long, fasten one 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 teepee cover is now made. For the door (some never use one) take a limber sapling ^- inch thick and 5^ feet long, also one 22 inches long. Bend the long one into a horseshoe and fasten the short one across the ends (A on p. 130, lower figure). On this stretch canvas, leaving a flap at the top in the middle of which two small holes are made (B, p. 130), so as to hang the door on a lacing-pin. Nine of these lacing-pins are needed. They are of smooth, round, straight, hard wood, a foot long and j4-inch thick. Their way of skewering the two edges together is seen in the Omaha teepee at the end of the line. Twelve poles also are needed. They should be as straight and smooth as possible; crooked, rough poles are signs of a bad house- keeper — a squaw is known by her teepee poles. They should be 13 or 14 feet long and about i^ inches thick at the top. Two are for the smoke-vent ; they may be more slender than the others. Last of all, make a dozen stout short pegs about 15 inches long and about i^ inches thick. Now all the necessary parts of the teepee are made. This is how the Indian tent is put up : Tie 3 poles together at a point about 2 feet higher than the canvas, spread them out in a tripod the right distance apart ; then lay the other poles (except 3, including the 2 slender ones) in the angles, their lower ends form- ing the proper circle. Bind them all with a rope, letting its end hang down inside for an anchor. Now fasten the 2 ropes at A to the stout pole left over at a point 10 feet up. Raise this into its place, and the teepee cover with it, opposite where the door is to be. Carry the two wings of the tent around till they overlap and fasten together with the lacing-pins. Put the end of a vent-pole in each of the vent flap pockets, outside of the teepee. Peg down the edges of the canvas at each loop if a storm is coming, other- wise a few will do. Hang the door on a convenient lacing-pin.