_Sioux_
Now set up the tipi,
Now set up the tipi,
Around the bottom,
Around the bottom,
Drive in the pegs,
Drive in the pegs,
In the meantime I shall cook,
In the meantime I shall cook.
"To those who know the Indian life it brings up a
vivid picture of a prairie band on the march, halting
at noon or in the evening. As soon as the halt is
called by some convenient stream, the women jump down
and release the horses from ... the travois, in the
olden times, and hobble them to prevent them from
wandering away. Then, while some of the women set up
the tipi poles, draw the canvas over them, and drive
in the pegs around the bottom and the wooden pins up
the side, other women take axes and buckets and go
down to the creek for wood and water. When they
return, they find the tipis set up and the blankets
spread out on the grass, and in a few minutes fires
are built and the meal is in preparation."