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Wednesday the ships came in, but were unable to proceed beyond the Point 
and will turn back in a few days.” 
From the whalers Mr. Stefansson secured about four tons of proyi- 
sions and other necessaries, thus removing all fears of starvation, and 
with a small sloop which he was abie to charter at Point Barrow he was 
going to lose no time in starting for Herschel Island again, taking with 
him Mr. Storker Storkerson, Mr. Leffingwell’s most efficient assistant. 
THE ARCHAOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF WYOMING. 
HE archeological reconnaissance of Wyoming, which was_be- 
gun for the Museum last year was continued by a trip this 
summer throughout the northeastern part of the State. This 
whole work has been undertaken as a contribution towards an inyesti- 
gation into the archeology of a vast region, including the Great Plains, 
the Barren Lands and the Plateau region of America, a region larger 
than the entire remaining portion of the continent, and regarding which 
there is practically no archeological knowledge or available specimens 
from which to secure such knowledge. 
Wyoming is located near the southern center of this region, and 
seemed to be the nucleus from which the work might be started. The 
task was to look over the field in order to locate sites where it would be 
profitable to carry on detailed investigations, incidently securing as 
much information as possible. 
Among the general problems which are awaiting solution may be 
mentioned the following: 1,— When was the region first inhabited ? 
2,— What was the material cuiture of the peopie? 3,— Were people 
living in the region before the introduction of the horse; and if there 
were, how did the coming of this valuable animai affect their culture ? 
4,— Was there more than one culture in the region; and if there was, 
where may the boundaries of the culture areas be found ? 
Securing the services of an experienced cow man with a wagon and 
team, I made a trip of more than 450 miles, circling the northeastern 
portion of Wyoming. ‘The journey was begun at “ Nine Bar” Ranch, 
at the southern end of Rawhide Buttes, extended northward across the 
“bad land” sheep country as far as Newcastle, on the edge of the Black 
