MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS RELATING TO ANTHROPOLOGY. 



ABORIGINAL WOEKS AT THE MOUTH OF THE KLIKITAT 

 EIVER, WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 



By T. M. W«itcomb. 



The works represented in the accomimnyiug sketch consist of a stone 

 wall 5 feet high, fiUed inside with earth, except the two squares within. 

 These are 8 feet deep and 15 feet on each side, the whole work being about 

 200 feet on either side. There was formerly some kind of wooden struct- 

 ure on the stone wall, as the remains of cedar timbers occur at certain 

 points on the top. The wooden work was evidently destroyed by fire, 

 since all the cedar is charred. 



None of the Indians in this country have any knowledge of the build- 

 ers or of its use. There is a tradition among them that it was finished 

 a long time ago. Large quantities of arrow-heads are found in and 

 about the works. The place is eminently adapted for defense, being 

 100 feet above the river. The scarcity of aboriginal works of aperma- 

 nent character on the Pacific coast makes this an object of peculiar 

 interest to the archaeologist. 



