eleven o'clock
Thus far the work had been quickly accomplished , and now came the enclosing of the structure . This Willy did by laying strips of bark on the sloping `` lodge '' - poles , carrying the leather thong about them to hold the bark firmly against the poles . The entrance , formed by spreading poles apart , faced the waters of the Little Big Branch . The tepee was finished shortly before eleven o'clock that morning , when Willy hung a blanket of deerhide over the doorway . As yet , none of the Overlanders had been permitted to look in and when they asked if they might do so , `` You wait . Me fix , '' answered the Indian , ducking into the house he had created , and in a few moments they saw wisps of smoke curling up from the peak of the tepee through the opening left by the tops of the `` lodge '' - poles . `` You come , '' announced the Indian as he stepped out .