Nia's+Cahuilla+Indians

=The Cahuilla Indians =

===** Shelter: Most Cahuilla villages were located in the canyons.Canyons protect them from strong winds. They also lived in the caves that were in the canyons.They built dome-shaped and rectangular-shaped houses that were between fifteen and twenty feet long.They  had a pole frame and were thatched with many different types of plants Sometimes  they coated the walls with adobe mud.A hole was built in the roof so when they made  fires the smoke could escape.** ===

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===** Clothing :The men wore loin cloths and either hide shoes or sandals and the women wore skirts and sandals.  Other Information:There were about 10,000 Cahuillas until the Europeans brought the small pox epidemic in 1862.Only about 2,500 survived. ** ===