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In the region were found numerous evidences of the close 

 communication of the people of this culture with tribes of the 

 Thompson River region. Underground house sites, tubular 

 pipes, engraved dentalium shells, a decoration consisting of a 

 circle with a dot in it, and rock-slide sepulchres, each of a par- 

 ticular kind, were found to be peculiar to both regions. 



Considerable material of the same art as that found in The 

 Dalles region was seen. It is clear that the people living in the 

 Yakima Valley had extensive dealings both with the tribes 

 northward, as far as the Thompson Valley, and southward, as 

 far as The Dalles of the Columbia. In this connection it is in- 

 teresting to note that the present Indians of the region trai^el 

 even more extensively than would be necessary to distribute 

 their artifacts this far. Much less evidence of contact between 

 the prehistoric people of the coast of Washington and that of the 

 Yakima Valley was discovered. A pipe, however, was seen 

 which is clearly of the art of the northwest coast. It was found 

 far up the Toppenish River (one of the western tributaries of the 

 Yakima) . 



From the Yakima Valley the expedition was transferred to 

 the lower Cowlitz River for work down that stream and along 

 the Columbia from Portland to its mouth, parth^ to determine 

 whether or not a portion of the evidences of coast culture which 

 were found in the Yakima Valley had not come up the Cowlitz 

 and down the Toppenish River, since the headwaters of the Cow- 

 litz and the Toppenish are near each other. In this region many 

 specimens were secured. The main work, however, was done in 

 the Yakima Valley, where many photographs were taken, not 

 only of archaeological sites but also of the country in general. 

 Human remains, which are useful in determining the type of 

 these old people, were also collected. 



The most remarkable specimen secured was a piece of antler 

 carved in human form. This was very thin and when found it 

 was nearly as soft as so much sawdust or moulder's sand pressed 

 together tightly. Proper treatment has rendered the object 

 quite hard and able to bear handling. It was found under the 

 vertebrae of a child in a grave. The grave was of peculiar in- 



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