4. desk, picture, bookcase.
5. Marion, Louise, Ruth.
6. harp, piano, cornet.
[THE DESERT INDIANS' "FIRE BED"]
You may have one minute in which to read this selection.
The Indians of our "American Sahara" are compelled by circumstances to overcome conditions not encountered by their brothers of the plains and mountains.
The "fire bed" is among the most useful and original methods employed by them to "sleep warm", in the "open", as in fall and spring the nights are very cold.
A shallow trench is "scooped out" in the sand, about six feet in length, three feet wide, and six or eight inches deep. The sand is "banked up" on the sides, and a fire is then made in the "pit", covering the entire length. This not only warms the bottom but the banked sides as well.