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See: siwash ((v.))(def. 1)

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1924

All Indians, and many white men, build what is known as a "siwash" camp. The snow is scraped away with a snowshoe to leave a rectangular patch of bare ground. Round this the camper builds a windbreak two or three feet high of young spruce-trees at the back and sides, and lines the camp with the soft boughs of green spruce. In front he builds a large fire of dry logs, and if the night is particularly cold he builds another screen behind the fire so as to enclose the camp completely and throw the heat back. If it looks like snow he generally erects a slanting frame to stretch the sled-canvas over his head.