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SMITHSOXJAX EXPLORATIONS, I922 



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During the time the < l)server wa> in the lieUh n lialf dozen of the 

 old village-sites were visited. Sketeh-maps were prepared, showing 

 the eondition of the monnments. Quite extensive notes were taken 

 from native informants. res])ecting the genealogies of the people who 

 owned the houses, and the symbolism of the poles. A complete list 



Fig. 126. — Tlircc Indians of a tolem-jiole tribe, in native garb. 



was made also of the geogra])hical nanie^ along the coast from one 

 village to the next. The native geography of extreme southeastern 

 Alaska was tlierefore rather completelv obtained. The number of 

 jilace-names thus recorded, charted and arialw.ed, amount to se\'eral 

 thousand. There is ])rol)ably no region in North America where 

 investigations can be carried out with richer restdts. 



