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clay floor. A few articles of European manufacture were recovered 

 from the upper level of the mound. As none were recovered from 

 beneath the temple floor, it is possible that the older section of the 

 mound is of pre-Columbian age. Cultural material recovered was 

 interesting though not abundant. This included characteristic pot- 

 tery specimens, pendants and ornaments made from fossil shark 

 teeth, shell dishes, cups, celts, and a few stone knives and arrowheads. 

 Articles of European manufacture consisted of glass beads and iron 

 axes of Spanish type. More than 250 burials were removed. 



Following the completion of this work, Mr. Stirling went to the 

 island of Haiti where, in the company of H. W. Krieger, of the 

 United States National Museum, he investigated archeological sites 

 previously worked by Mr. Krieger in various parts of the island. 

 Returning from Haiti to Florida, work was continued in the eastern 

 part of the State, where a number of mounds were investigated be- 

 tween Miami and Cape Canaveral. 



The most interesting discovery of the entire season consisted in 

 locating two series of large geometric earthworks on the eastern 

 side of the Everglades, not far from Indiantown. One of these 

 groups is one of the largest and best preserved works of this type 

 now existing on the North American continent. It is hoped that at 

 an earl}^ date the bureau will be able to begin excavations on this 

 most interesting site. At the completion of this reconnaissance, Mr. 

 Stirling returned to Washington, leaving almost immediately for 

 Chicago in order to attend a meeting of the National Research Coun- 

 cil, the purpose of which was to organize research on the subject of 

 early man in America. 



Dr. John R. S wanton, ethnologist, was engaged in field work in 

 Louisiana from July 1 to August 14, 1930. It was found that Rosa 

 Pierrette, the sole Indian acquainted with the Ofo language and 

 the one from whom, in 1908, he obtained the only specimens of that 

 language in existence, was dead, and the language therefore is dead 

 also. A search was made for speakers of Atakapa, but all appeared 

 to be gone except one old woman who could barely recall a few 

 words. The Chitimacha Indians of Charenton were visited and a 

 small amount of linguistic material was obtained from them. Of the 

 Tunica at Marksville, only two or three are still able to use the old 

 tongue, but one of these proved to be an ideal informant and Doctor 

 Swanton obtained from him a number of short stories and one long 

 story in native text. The rest of the time was spent at Kinder, where 

 a considerable body of material in Koasati was obtained. 



In view of the extinction of Atakapa as a spoken language, Doctor 

 Swanton considered that the words, phrases, and texts collected by 

 Dr. A. S. Gatschet in 188G, which comprise by far the greater portion 



