wickiups

Every so often they would pass abandoned grass and brush huts, known as wickiups, that were used by the Indian herders.

EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON S. C. Gwynne 2010

So we waited, as the light grew until we could easily see the sprawl of wickiups on the level ground beyond the stream they're big skin igloos with willow frames, perhaps twenty feet across, and can hold a family with ease, with a hole on top to let out smoke and stink.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

There were shrieks from within as the lodges began to burn, and out dashed the females, with here and there a brave among them; the men were picked off while the women screamed and milled about like ants; one or two may have been hit as they ran blindly among the flaming wickiups, or cowered at the foot of the cliff behind.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

There remained the wickiups, and now our own Indians emerged at either end of the defile, with burning arrows which they shot methodically into the skins.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

I followed him through the cluster of wickiups and across a level space towards a few ruined buildings and a great crumbling triangular fort before which another crowd was assembled.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

Round the lip of the valley hung a great wreath of powder smoke as our fire ceased; now there was no sound except the dry crackle of the burning wickiups, and the muted wails of terrified women and children.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

A few braves sauntered down to the corral, others sat outside the wickiups to yawn and gossip, and one or two began to paint, an operation which seemed to call for much care, and criticism from bystanders.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

But just before dusk there was a great laughter and commotion, and through the wickiups she came, astride my Arab, looking as proud and pleased as Punch, with a crowd of squaws and children in tow, and even a few menfolk.

Isabelle Estelle Bruno 2010

They lived in wickiups, small rounded huts of tule rushes fastened over frameworks of poles, with the ground for a floor and a fire in the center.

THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

A small number of forked stick hogans, brush shelters, and wickiups are the most obvious remnants of this period of occupation.

Proclamation On The Canyons Of The Ancients National Monument Clinton, Bill, 1946- 2000