| |East & west |18 0 |12 0 |15 0 |14 0 |
+-----------------+---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|Height under apex | 7 9 | 6 6 | 7 0 | 6 9 |
+-----------------+---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|Smoke hole |Width at apex | 1 10 | Very | 1 2 | 1 10 |
| |Width at base | 3 0 | irre- | 2 4 | 2 10 |
| |Length | 3 10 | gular | 3 0 | 3 0 |
+-----------------+---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|Space between |At apex | 1 10 | 2 0 | 1 2 | 1 10 |
| doorway timbers |At base | 3 8 | 3 0 | 3 0 | 3 5 |
+-----------------+---------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

In the large hogáns mentioned a crowd of workers are engaged in the
construction and ropes and other mechanical aids are employed to lift
the heavy timbers of the frame in position.

At this stage in the construction the house shows only the three
principal timbers of the frame, securely locked at the apex by the
interlacing forks (as shown in figure 231) and firmly planted in the
ground. The two doorway timbers are next placed in position, with their
smaller ends resting on the forked apex of the frame, from 1-1/2 to 2
feet apart, and with the butt ends resting on the ground about 3-1/2
feet apart. The whole frame, comprising five timbers, is known as
_tsá¢í_, but each timber has its own specific name, as follows:

South timber, _ca¢aá¢e naaí_.
West timber, _iŋiŋá¢e naaí_.
North timber, _náqokos¢e naaí_.
Doorway timbers (two), _tcíŋĕçin¢e naaí_.