The shape was that of a cone.

The framework was of poles, the lower ends of which were placed in a sort of circle, while the tops were intersected, leaving a small opening, through which the smoke reached the clear air above.

Unsightly and repulsive as this might seem from the outside view, the dwelling, nevertheless, was water-proof and comfortable, and abundantly answered the end for which it was built.
A thin vapor was ascending in a bluish spiral at the top of the lodge indicated.

A Shawnee squaw was occupied in preparing the morning meal, while her liege lord still reclined in one corner, in the vain effort to secure a few minutes more of slumber.

This latter personage was Hans Vanderbum--our friend Hans--a huge, plethoric, stolid, lazy Dutchman, who had "married" an Indian widow several years before.