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240 Woodcraft Birch Bark Roll When all is laced tightly, remove the tacks. Tie on a thong of rawhide for a handle. Much time can, of course, be saved by tacking the hide instead of lacing it, but such methods are scarcely Indian. E indicates a typical Chippewa decoration for a war drum, put on with red and blue paint powder, mixed with water and a little glue. The opposite side of the drum should show only a 3-inch round spot of red in the center and a ¥%-inch border of blue around the edge. Just why this spot is insisted upon, I do not know; but my Chippewa friends have it that no drum will make medicine without it. A handful of fine pebbles thrown inside before lacing will add interest to the tone. The Sioux used a hoop drum with one head only, laced together as in G. A large Chippewa powwow drum can be made over a cedar washtub. Remove the bottom by sawing around it 2 inches from the edge of the tub, thus leaving 2 inches of the bottom in place all the way around. Use six-months-old calfskin, laced every inch. You can hear this drum for miles at night. Thumpers Hoop drums call for hard beaters; whittle a stick of oak or ironwood 24 inches long, down to a diameter of % 6% inch, leaving it a little larger on one end, say 4 inch. Wrar this larger end with three or four thicknesses of red or yellow cloth, or ordinary gauze bandage, and the stick is ready for use. Drums of Any Old Thing If you cannot get a hollow log, use a nail keg. If you -cannot make a hoop, use a mixing bowl, cutting holes in the back for thumb and finger. If everything else fails, make a square drum frame by sawing off 2% inches of a small square packing box. If possible, however, be a good Indian, and make it in the Indian way, using only woods materials. Beds Of all things, the camper’s bed is the thing most often made wrong, and most easily made right, when one knows