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Inside the lodge

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Inside the lodge.jpg The beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallThumbnailsAn earthen pot full of water stood by one of the posts near the fireThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallThumbnailsAn earthen pot full of water stood by one of the posts near the fireThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallThumbnailsAn earthen pot full of water stood by one of the posts near the fireThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallThumbnailsAn earthen pot full of water stood by one of the posts near the fireThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallThumbnailsAn earthen pot full of water stood by one of the posts near the fireThe beds of the rest of the family stood in the back of the lodge, against the wallThumbnailsAn earthen pot full of water stood by one of the posts near the fire

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.