They were built of massive timber posts chinked with wattle and daub mortar. The framing employs square-hewn logs about wide, which are dovetailed and chinked with mortar. The timbers used in the walls have been chinked with clay and Spanish moss. Without window-glass, the first dwellings were constructed of logs chinked with moss and clay. The logs are chinked with large amounts of white cement mortar. The logs are chinked with modern cement. This house was chinked with clay, rye straw, and lime plaster. More pioneers arrived, living in log houses chinked with moss. "Heroes of Earth" displayed a different side to chinked out.