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Handicrafts 203 a screening fringe of bushes and a barbwire fence around all. It has one entrance through a gate which may be pad- locked. In some Villages, we have had the sun bath on a distant hilltop; and in some, we have had it on a big scow moored away from the shore. -In each place, we find a new solution for the problems of how and where. Sweat Lodge. See article below. Council Ring. The great central heart of the Woodcraft Village is the Council Ring. This is the dramatic presenta- tion of the whole scheme and truth of Woodcraft. The making of it is fully set forth on page 21Io. The finishing touch to the Indian Village is its ornamenta- tion. The Indian beautifies everything in his life, so far as he can. We can, therefore, find abundance of real Indian decoration for tepee, lodge, etc. Beginners, especially, are cautioned not to invent patterns of decoration; but copy authentic Indian designs, of which an abundance are to be found in the publications of the Smithsonian Institution, and the American Museum; also some very good selected ones in Buttree’s Rhythm of the Redman. How to Make a Sweat Lodge IIM , IV KY By Ernest THOMPSON SETON We need, first, 12 limber willow rods, each 12 feet long | and 114 inches thick at the butt. In an oval about rox4, on the lake shore, 1f possible, drive a short sharp stake at 12 equidistant points, pull out the stakes, and push into each hole the butt of a willow rod, wedging them in so they are firmly embedded in the ground. After all are placed, bend the tops inward, and tie each to the opposite until a skeleton dome is made. A rod around, tied horizontally to each upright makes the frame stiff ; then cover the whole with ponchos, old blankets or waterproof canvas. Inside the lodge, a shallow pit is dug near one side. A fire is built 12 or 15 feet away on the outside of the lodge; and in this a number of stones are heated. The patient strips and goes in. His helper, outside at the fire, tends the stones. These, when nearly red hot, are rolled in under the cover of the sweat lodge into the pit. The pa-