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of an older date. This location, known as Simmon's graveyard is 

 about five miles down-stream from Trinidad, the point where the Great 

 Northern Railway crosses the Columbia. The flood waters of the 

 river had covered the cemetery to a depth of six or more feet. A pit 

 house villaoe is erected over and immediately above it. At many places 



Fic. 152. — Looking south from interior of Eagle 

 House, Kasaan, across McKenzie hilct, Kasaan Bay. 

 Pete Williams, a Tlingit Indian belonging to Eagle 

 clan, standing in foreground. See figs. 177-180. 



along- the Columbia there are similar strata of sedimentary deposits, 

 each covering the burn and other evidence of the existence of a camp 

 site or burial ground. These strata were formed at intervals of several 

 years, probably generations. Temporary fishing camps which were 

 abandoned at the close of the fishing season were left with camp debris, 

 fragments of shell and other kitchen debris such as charred cooking- 

 stones, charcoal, and stone and bone implements. Some of these sites 



