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FOREWORD

Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties

SHELTERS, SHACKS, AND SHANTIES

I

WHERE TO FIND MOUNTAIN GOOSE. HOW TO PICK AND USE ITS FEATHERS

The Mountain Goose

Sapin—Cho-kho-tung

Balsam

Balsam Beds

Packing Boughs

Clean Your Hands

How to Make Beds

Other Bedding

II

THE HALF-CAVE SHELTER

Half Caves

Walls

III

HOW TO MAKE THE FALLEN-TREE SHELTER AND THE SCOUT-MASTER

Fallen-Tree Shelter

The Scout-Master

To Peel Bark

Selecting Bark

Using Bark

IV

HOW TO MAKE THE ADIRONDACK, THE WICK-UP, THE BARK TEEPEE, THE PIONEER, AND THE SCOUT

The Adirondack

The Scout

The Pioneer

Bark Teepee

V

HOW TO MAKE BEAVER-MAT HUTS OR FAGOT SHACKS WITHOUT INJURY TO THE TREES

Material

Beaver Mat

Fagot Shack

Roofs

VI

INDIAN SHACKS AND SHELTERS

Apache Hogan

San Carlos Shack

Chippewa Shack

Pima Lodge

White Man's Walls

Adobe Roof

Navajo

VII

BIRCH BARK OR TAR PAPER SHACK

The Pontiac

Cutting Bark

Building the Pontiac

Shingling with Bark

To Keep Out Cold

VIII

INDIAN COMMUNAL HOUSES

The Pawnee Hogan

The Kolshian

IX

BARK AND TAR PAPER

X

A SAWED-LUMBER SHANTY

The Foundation

Ridge Plank and Rafters

XI

A SOD HOUSE FOR THE LAWN

A Real Adobe

Thatch

XII

HOW TO BUILD ELEVATED SHACKS, SHANTIES, AND SHELTERS

XIII

THE BOG KEN

Thatching

XIV

OVER-WATER CAMPS

XV

SIGNAL-TOWER, GAME LOOKOUT, AND RUSTIC OBSERVATORY

Kite Frame

Boy-Scout Tower

XVI

TREE-TOP HOUSES

XVII

CACHES

XVIII

HOW TO USE AN AXE

Dangers

XIX

HOW TO SPLIT LOGS, MAKE SHAKES, SPLITS, OR CLAPBOARDS. HOW TO CHOP A LOG IN HALF. HOW TO FLATTEN A LOG. ALSO SOME DON'TS

XX

AXEMEN'S CAMPS

The Stefansson Sod Shack

XXI

RAILROAD-TIE SHACKS, BARREL SHACKS, AND CHIMEHUEVIS

XXII

THE BARABARA

XXIII

THE NAVAJO HOGAN, HORNADAY DUGOUT, AND SOD HOUSE

Log Dugout

XXIV

HOW TO BUILD AN AMERICAN BOY'S HOGAN

Frame

Furniture

Foundation

Caves

Dangerous Caves

Framing

Decaying Wood

The Roof

Cliff-House Roof

The Door

Aures Hinge

Trap-Door

XXV

HOW TO CUT AND NOTCH LOGS

Notching Logs

Handling the Logs

Chinking

Models

XXVI

NOTCHED LOG LADDERS

XXVII

A POLE HOUSE. HOW TO USE A CROSS-CUT SAW AND A FROE

Pole House

Sawing on an Angle

The Froe

XXVIII

LOG-ROLLING AND OTHER BUILDING STUNTS

Log-Rolling

Log Steps

XXIX

THE ADIRONDACK OPEN LOG CAMP AND A ONE-ROOM CABIN

Adirondack Log Camp

Cabin Plan

The Bunks

XXX

THE NORTHLAND TILT AND INDIAN LOG TENT

Log Tents

CHAPTER XXXI

HOW TO BUILD THE RED JACKET, THE NEW BRUNSWICK, AND THE CHRISTOPHER GIST

The New Brunswick

Christopher Gist

The Red Jacket

XXXII

CABIN DOORS AND DOOR-LATCHES, THUMB-LATCHES AND FOOT LATCHES AND HOW TO MAKE THEM

Foot Latch

Trigger Latch

The Latch-String

Simple Spring-Latch

Better Spring-Latch

XXXIII

SECRET LOCKS

The Tippecanoe

The Catch

XXXIV

HOW TO MAKE THE BOW-ARROW CABIN DOOR AND LATCH AND THE DEMING TWIN BOLTS, HALL, AND BILLY

The Deming Twin Lock

Guards

XXXV

THE AURES LOCK LATCH

The Door

The Compass Lock

XXXVI

THE AMERICAN LOG CABIN

American Log House

One-Pen Cabin

Sills

Wood Preservative

Creosote

Openings

Foundation

Roofing

Gables

Steep Roof

Chinking

XXXVII

A HUNTER'S OR FISHERMAN'S CABIN

XXXVIII

HOW TO MAKE A WYOMING OLEBO, A HOKO RIVER OLEBO, A SHAKE CABIN, A CANADIAN MOSSBACK, AND A TWO-PEN OR SOUTHERN SADDLE-BAG HOUSE

The Wyoming Olebo

Hoko River Olebo

The Mossback Cabin

Mossback

The Southern Saddle-Bag or Two-Pen Cabin

XXXIX

NATIVE NAMES FOR THE PARTS OF A KANUCK LOG CABIN, AND HOW TO BUILD ONE

Local Names of Parts of Cabin

Les Traverses

Les Poudres

Couverture

Les Péches

Roofing Material

Fireplace

Clay Roof

XL

HOW TO MAKE A POLE HOUSE AND HOW TO MAKE A UNIQUE BUT THOROUGHLY AMERICAN TOTEM LOG HOUSE

American Totem Log House

Before Building

Peeled Logs

Totems

Totem-Poles

XLI

HOW TO BUILD A SUSITNA LOG CABIN AND HOW TO CUT TREES FOR THE END PLATES

How to Cut the Tree

XLII

HOW TO MAKE A FIREPLACE AND CHIMNEY FOR A SIMPLE LOG CABIN

Mud Hearth

Stick Chimney

Durability

Chimney Foundation

Stone Chimney

XLIII

HEARTHSTONES AND FIREPLACES

XLIV

MORE HEARTHS AND FIREPLACES

A Plank Mantel

XLV

FIREPLACES AND THE ART OF TENDING THE FIRE

Management of the Fire

XLVI

THE BUILDING OF THE LOG HOUSE

How a Forty-Foot-Front, Two-Story Pioneer Log House Was Put Up with the Help of "Backwoods Farmers"—Making Plans with a Pocket Knife.

XLVII

HOW TO LAY A TAR PAPER, BIRCH BARK, OR PATENT ROOFING

Preparing the Roofing for Laying

Roofing Foundation

Valleys

How to Lay the Roofing

Gutters

How to Patch a Shingle Roof

Fixtures for Applying Roofing

Patched Roofs and New Shingles

Mark the Holes

Sheet-Iron Shingles

Practical Patching

Plumbing

Flashings, Chimneys, Walls, Etc.

XLVIII

HOW TO MAKE A CONCEALED LOG CABIN INSIDE OF A MODERN HOUSE

A Wooden Latch

XLIX

HOW TO BUILD APPROPRIATE GATEWAYS FOR GROUNDS ENCLOSING LOG HOUSES, GAME PRESERVES, RANCHES, BIG COUNTRY ESTATES, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST BOY SCOUTS' CAMP GROUNDS

Which Would You Rather Do or Go Fishing?