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squaw pole
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
a pole cut in the bush for use in a temporary shelter and left behind on breaking camp.
See: lodgepole(def. 1)
Quotations
1966
The peaked lodge differed in having a ridge pole like a modern tent, supported by squaw poles lashed together.
2
See chiploquorgan quotes. [See picture at chiploquorgan.]
See: chiploquorgan(and picture)
Quotations
1966
I took the axe and cut a slender pole, stuck one end in the ground and leaned it out over the fire. I rescued the teetering pot and hung it on the end of my newly erected squaw pole.