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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I925 



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EXPLORATION OF A PLEISTOCENE SPRING-DEPOSIT IN 



OKLAHOMA 



In October, Dr. Gidley was detailed under the auspices of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology to examine a spring deposit in 

 southwestern Oklahoma. This spring is situated at the base of 

 Long Horn Mountain, on its southwesterly slope. It is about 14 

 miles south of Mountain View, and about 40 miles northwest of 

 Fort Sill, Oklahoma. 



The fossil bones had been discovered here in August by an 

 Indian, Mr. Carl J. Reid Dussome, while cleaning out the spring 



Fin. 30. — Long Horn Spring, about 14 miles south of Mountain \ie\v, 

 Oklahoma, on ranch owned by Miss Reid Dussome, great granddaughter of 

 Satanta, a former chief of the Kiowa Indians. Showing excavation above 

 spring where a "banner" stone was found associated with remains of Pleis- 

 tocene animals. (Photograph by Gidley.) 



preparatory to enclosing it with concrete in order to get a better 

 and cleaner flow of water for domestic purposes. Thus, an area 

 of about 150 square feet was exposed to the bottom of the deposit 

 which here is only 6 or 7 feet in depth. Additional excava- 

 tions were made under the direction of Dr. Gidley in October, 

 which added about 300 square feet to the area explored. The fossil 

 bones were confined entirely to the lower 18 inches of the stratum 

 which consists mostly of a black, sticky mud, or clay. The general 

 results of this exploration seem to be important, although not a 

 great amount of material was obtained. A small collection of Pleis- 

 tocene fossils were procured, part being donated by Mr. Reid and 



