smoke-poles

Updated: May 3, 2025

Now tie the top o' the cover to the top o' the last pole by the short lash-rope, hist the pole into place that hists the cover, too, ye see an' ye swing it round with the smoke-poles an' fasten the two edges together with the wooden pins. The two long poles put in the smoke-flap pockets works the vent to suit the wind."

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned

The tripod was firmly lashed with the rope and set up. Nine poles were duly leaned around in a twelve-foot circle, for a teepee twelve feet high usually has a twelve-foot base. A final lashing of the ropes held these, and the last pole was then put up opposite to the door, with the teepee cover tied to it at the point between the flaps. The ends of the two smoke-poles carried the cover round.

Ernest Thompson Seton - Two Little Savages : Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned