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/ˈwɪɡwɑːm/ · noun
A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States..
The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.
Their houſes or wigwams, which they call carbets, are built as I have already deſcribed thoſe of the negroes; but inſtead of being covered with the leaves of the manicole-tree, they are covered with the leaves of rattans or jointed canes, here called tas, which grow in cluſters in all marſhy places: [...]
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Wigwam means A dwelling having an arched framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats, used by Native Americans in the northeastern United States..
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The Fuegian wigwam resembles, in size and dimensions, a haycock. It merely consists of a few broken branches stuck in the ground, and very imperfectly thatched on one side with a few tufts of grass and rushes.
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