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Introduction and Acknowledgments 



The field work on which this paper is based was carried on 

 as time would permit while the writer had charge of the 

 Lummi Indians in 1905 and the Quillayute and Hoh Indians 

 in 1905 to 1909. 



Western Washington and adjacent British territory, as 

 here considered, embrace the Olympic Peninsula, the shores 

 and islands of Puget Sound and Georgian Bay and that part 

 of British Columbia lying northward from the International 

 Boundary Line to the Eraser valley and delta. In general it is 

 a most difficult region in which to do research work of any 

 kind; for away from the trails and roads the fallen timber, 

 underbrush and ferns make the forest such a jungle in most 

 places. 



For convenience, the archseology of the region will be con- 

 sidered under three general headings, viz. : The Archaeology 

 of the Olympic Peninsula, The Archaeology of the Lummi- 

 Nooksack country, and The Archaeological material in ad- 

 jacent British territory. 



In submitting this paper the writer wishes to thank Messrs. 

 Barton W. Evermann and E. W. GifTord of the California 

 Academy of Sciences, Harlen I. Smith of the Canadian Geo- 

 logical Survey, F. W. Hodge of the Bureau of American 

 Ethnology and Charles W. Smith, Assistant Librarian of the 

 University of Washington, for their kind aid in helping him 

 with the bibliography. The archaeological references given 

 below were furnished by Mr. Charles W. Smith. 



Some References Relating to the Arch^ologv of 

 Western Washington and British Columbia. 



Bancroft, Hubert Howe. Native races of the Pacific States, v. 1-5. San 

 Francisco. History Co. 1886. (Index.) 



Boas, Franz. Indianische Sagen von der Nord-Pacifischen Kiiste Ameri- 

 kas. Berlin. Asher. 1895. 



Boas, Franz. The Kwakiutl of Vancouver Island. (Memoirs of the 

 American Museum of Natural History, v. 8, part 2, pp. 301-522. 1909.) 



CosTELLO, J. A. The Siwash, their life, legends, and tales. Seattle. Cal- 

 vert. 1895. 



Curtis, Edward S. The North American Indian. Vol. 9 (1913), is devoted 

 to the Salishan tribes of the Northwest coast : Chemakum, Quillayute, 

 Willapa; vol. 10 (1915) is devoted entirely to the Kwakiutl of British 

 Columbia. 



