Long+House

How to make a house Find a yellow or red cedar tree in a flat spot where no trees are. Then cut a piece of the tree to see if it’s rotten. Next you should do a cerenony for permisson to cut the tree down. Cut the twigs and branches off. Rub themud on the tree trunk and burn the bottom of the tree. Cut the other trees into planks. Move the wood to the village. Measure the size of the house. Dig a hole as big as a mans waist. It took many men to put the log in the hole. The posts are carved with an adze and then you put mud in the hole. Next set the planks on the sides and tied to poles and looked like shingles. The roof was covered with loose planks. It was weighed by rocks and logs.