Teepee

   

    In "Brothers by Fire" we talk about the Indian neighbors in the Big White Oak area of Northern Minnesota. Their villages consisted of teepees of various sizes. The explorers that discovered these people wrote about the teepee as being a poor form of shelter. Guess they hadn't ever spent a night in one.
   Today teepees cost a whopping $3,000 for a 16 foot model. People who have purchased one write of what an amazing invention they really are. Inside the teepee, the first thing we see is that there is a liner that rises up to about the ten foot mark. The outside of the teepee is about a feet off the ground and this allows a continuous air current to carry smoke from the inside fire up and outside.
   At the White Oak Rendezvous held each summer at Deer River, Minnesota, you'll see several teepees with amazing artwork. Just remember not to enter without being invited.  
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   Stop in once in a while. I'll try to write something new and informative about my book Brothers by Fire.
Good Reading,
Ron