Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1893 — May-Day on the Plains. [ARTICLE]

May-Day on the Plains.

Tho Ist of May could happen twico a week on the plains without disturbing anybody much, for it is almost as easy for tho Indian to move as to stay whore ho is, particularly as he makes his wife do the moving. Tho Indian’s tepee is meroly a cone of polos, light, branchless saplings, laid with their butts in a circle and their tops byund togethor. Around this is thrown a cover of canvas or dressed skin, with an.pponing at the top foj,thei;«senpe'’r)Psm<)Kß,,uncl'ia Man Is left open' d!/ -the side for a door. When ho moves it Is only necessary to roll the canvas into a wad and tie it to the polos, which are strapped to a pony, with the heavy ends dragging on the ground.