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Inside the lodge

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Inside the lodge.jpg Life in an Earth LodgeThumbnailsI saw that the black-bear skin was bound to one of the posts at the entranceLife in an Earth LodgeThumbnailsI saw that the black-bear skin was bound to one of the posts at the entranceLife in an Earth LodgeThumbnailsI saw that the black-bear skin was bound to one of the posts at the entranceLife in an Earth LodgeThumbnailsI saw that the black-bear skin was bound to one of the posts at the entranceLife in an Earth LodgeThumbnailsI saw that the black-bear skin was bound to one of the posts at the entranceLife in an Earth LodgeThumbnailsI saw that the black-bear skin was bound to one of the posts at the entrance

Indians, when journeying, made the campfire outside the lodge in summer; inside the lodge, in winter. Usually a slight pit was dug for the fireplace, thus lessening danger of sparks, setting fire to prairie or forest. The fire was smothered with earth when camp was forsaken.