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248 Woodcraft Birch Bark Roll Then why is it not everywhere used? Because of the diffi- culty of the poles. If on the prairie, you must carry your poles. If in the woods, you must cut them at each camp. A 10-foot tepee is the smallest size worth having for prac- tical use. A larger one is easier to keep clear of smoke, but most boys will prefer the small one, as it is much handier, cheaper, and easier to make. [ shall therefore give the work- ing plan of a 10-foot tepee of the simplest form. 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 $6; 100 feet of 3/16 inch clothesline, 25 cents; string for sewing rope ends, etc., 5 cents. Total about $7. Get your material machine run together 20 feet long and Io feet wide. Lay this down perfectly flat (Cut I), Ona 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 mark out the two little triangles at A. A E is 6 inches, A F and E F each one foot; the other triangle, A R G, is the same size. Cut the canvas along these dotted lines. From the scraps left over cut two pieces for smoke-flaps, as shown. In the long corner of each ‘(H in No. 1, I in No. 2) a small three-cornered piece should be sewed, to make a pocket for the end of the smoke pole, or else a 2-inch hole right through. _ Now sew the smoke-flaps to the cover so that M L of No. 1 is ‘neatly fitted to P E, and N O of No. 2 toQ D. Two inches from the edge B P make a double row of holes; each hole is 14 inches from its mate, and each pair is 5 inches from the next pair, except at the 2-foot space marked “door,” where no holes are needed. . 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, B C D. 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 tepee cover is now made. si For the door (some never use one) take a limber sapling 34 inch thick and 5% feet long, also one 22 inches long. Bend the long one into a horseshoe and fasten the short one