70 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1949 
the investigations previously started by the University of Washington. 
Francis A. Riddell resigned from the Surveys on July 30. George L. 
Coale met Harry S. Riddell, Jr., at Pasco, Wash., on the 27th, and 
the two proceeded from there to Ice Harbor and Lower Monumental 
Reservoirs. After their reconnaissance of those two projects they 
went on to the Lucky Peak, Lost Valley, and Horse Creek Reservoirs 
in Idaho, and the Bully Creek Reservoir in Oregon. William W. Burd, 
who was appointed a field assistant on August 16, and Joel L. Shiner, 
who was promoted from the crew at McNary to field assistant, spent 
the period from August 18 to 30 examining the Little Goose and Lower 
Monumental Reservoirs for archeological remains. Burd returned to 
Eugene and resigned on August 31, while Shiner rejoined the party 
at the McNary excavations and continued with it until September 9 
when he resigned. After completing the field work at Moses Lake, 
Richard D. Daugherty proceeded to Seattle, Wash., where he processed 
and studied the materials obtained from the excavations and prepared 
a report on the results of the investigations. His appointment as 
archeologist terminated on September 16. 
As previously mentioned, Osborne spent the first few weeks of the 
year on survey duties and was then recalled to Eugene to aid in prepa- 
rations for the McNary project. He went with the party to that 
reservoir on August 5 and on August 16 was promoted toarc he ologist 
and placed in charge of the excavations. Upon his return to Eugene 
in September he was made Acting Field Director, and continued to 
function in that capacity throughout the remainder of the year. 
During the fall and winter months he wrote the preliminary appraisal 
reports for the 15 reservoirs surveyed during the summer, prepared 
& summary report and a longer, more detailed manuscript on the 
MeNary excavations, and made compilations of data on historical 
references, ethnological descriptions, and trade goods to be used as 
ready sources for information on the Columbia Basin. During Febru- 
ary he made a survey of the Big Cliff Reservoir and checked the 
various bank-control projects of the Corps of Engineers along the 
Willamette River and its tributaries. On May 26 and 27 he partici- 
pated in a conference at Pendleton, Oreg., where representatives of 
the Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs discussed the problem of the removal of Indian 
burials from areas that are to be flooded. Throughout the winter 
months Osborne was assisted in the laboratory by Lloyd Collins and 
Hiroto Zakoji, students of the University of Oregon. 
Lilinois.—Archeological studies in Illinois consisted of the examina- 
tion of the records of previous surveys in the Illinois River Basin and 
the investigation of two reservoir areas where dams were under 
construction. 
