A dwelling of the Wichita Indians is the subject of the seventh model. This tribe is of Caddoan stock, and formerly inhabited northern Texas. Their dwellings are generally cone shaped and dome shaped. The frame is of poles tied together like latticework. Into this bundles of grass are woven in rows, imbricated so as to shed the rain. The group shows a finished house, one in process of erection, and a communal shelter supported on poles. The Wichita have become agriculturists, and dry their corn on hides or frames. They have also adopted the metal cooking- vessels of the whites. The method of thatching is to be compared with that of the Papago in Sonora, Mexico.
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