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and on the whole less admixed as yet than that of the middle Yukon. 

 Good skeletal collections were secured here also. 



The site at Bonasila yielded many further specimens, and if the 

 erosion continues as at the present, it will continue to yield more for 

 many years. From the collections made u]) to the present time and 

 from excavations carried on this year it is now certain that the site 

 comprised l)ut one settlement, which l.egan in pre-Russian times and 

 continued to the time of the Russians. The culture, it is now seen, is 

 essentially the same as that further down the river and must hence he 

 ascrihed to the Eskimoid rather than Indian people. The earlier 

 skeletal remains from the site, unfortunately still too few in numher, 

 are exceedingly interesting. The site should he watched. 



An important old site, hitherto tmknown. has been located on the 

 almost unknown Kaiuh Slough, lower middle Yukon. The " dogfish 

 ^ illage " site at Tuckers, and the old parts of Holokochakat on the 

 Shageluk Slough, are also assuming much interest. These sites would 

 all repay careful archeological exploration. 



For jihysical anthropology the next important and necessary task 

 will l)e the study of the full-blood renmants of the people of the 

 Kuskokwim, and the collecting on that river of such of the older 

 archeological and skeletal remains as may }et be saved from destruc- 

 tion or dispersion. 



