So there would have been an open fire inside the house with only one hole in the roof to let the smoke out.

所以，房子里本该有一处明火，屋顶上只有一个洞让烟冒出来。

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Now that the Dakota Fire Hole is properly constructed, you can partially fill the fire pit chamber with dry combustible kindling materials and light the fire.

现在火坑已经挖好了，我们在坑底放好一些易燃的干燥细枝，然后在坑边上堆好引火柴堆，用火机或引火石点燃火绒，在上边堆柴火把火烧大，然后将这些火推到火坑中即可。

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Once you have made the Dakota fire hole you can easily set up a cooking surface for pots and pans by laying several parallel green sticks across the fire pit as show in the picture.

一旦火坑挖好，你可以在达科他火坑的基础上做很多改进，比如在火坑上方用绿枝搭建烤架，也可以坑边上堆一些石块，做成可以放锅的简易炉灶。

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