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V V“i" 'W" , ' Things to Know and 'Do 235 The Indians often elaborated these beds to a great, extent when in permanent camps. Each rod was selected, perfectly straight, thinned at the butt end, to be uniform, and an extra piece added at the bed, head and foot, to curl up as end-boards. That at the head was elaborately decorated with symbols in bmdwork. The illustration (No. 5) shows a beautiful beaded ._‘ ,._ V No.6“ The beaded head. bed-head in my possession; not only the head, but the edges all around, are bound with red flannel. , When in use the bed is laid with the ends of the rods resting . on two 4-inch poles, which are set firmly twenty-six inches apart; and the bed is staked at the corners through the loops to hold it in place (Cut No. 6). Cut No. 7 shows a fine speci— men of an Arapaho bed all ready for use. When we can get no poles, we lay down a couple of boards or rods to carry the ends of the bed, and then dig the ground out in the middle. By means of two tall stakes the head part is held upright.