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material  that  had  been  impressed  on  the  plastic  clay.  One  fragment 
is  a  very  hard,  dark-colored  coil  ware,  with  no  trace  of  tempering. 
The  impression  on  this  suggests  that  of  a  rather  loosely  woven 
basketry,  with  both  warp  and  woof  formed  of  firm  material,  not 
twisted  cords.  This  is  reproduced  and  drawn  exact  size  in  a,  figure  9. 
The  wide  mouth  of  Mill  Creek  is  located  on  the  right  bank  of  the 
river  about  2  miles  above  Port  Tobago  Bay.  A  mile  or  more  from 
the  river  the  creek  is  crossed  by  the  main  highway  from  Fredericks- 
burg. A  small  camp  site  was  discovered  on  the  left  bank  of  the  creek 
immediately  south  of  the  road.  Several  argillite  points  and  fragments 
of  very  coarse,  net-marked  pottery  were  found  on  the  surface.  The 
pottery  appears  to  have  belonged  to  not  more  than  two  vessels,  and 
although  worn  and  greatly  disintegrated,  several  of  the  shards  reveal 
a  b 
Fig.  9. — Textiles  derived  from  impressions  on  fragments  of  pottery,  a,  from 
riglit  bank  of  the  Rappahannock  near  Port  Tobago  Bay.  h,  from  camp  site  on 
Mill  Creek  i  mile  above  its  mouth.    Natural  size. 
the  impression  of  a  net  which  resembles  specimen  n  from  Nandtangh- 
tacund.  This  was  made  by  the  woof  elements  being  held  firmly 
between  two  strands  which  were  twisted  together  as  they  advanced 
to  form  the  warp.  The  net,  as  restored  and  drawn  exact  size  is 
shown  in  h,  figure  9.    The  argillite  points  are  deeply  weathered. 
Traces  of  many  small  camps  similar  to  the  one  just  mentioned — 
camps  of  hunters  away  from  the  larger  villages — could  undoubtedly 
be  discovered  near  springs  and  on  the  banks  of  streams  throughout 
the  wooded  region. 
Leet  Bank  of  the  Rafpahannock  Above  Port  Tobago  Bay 
The  names  of  two  settlements  appear  on  the  1624  map  on  the  left 
bank  of  the  Rappahannock  a  short  distance  above  the  deep  bay  later 
known  as  Port  Tobago  or  Tobacco  Bay.  The  first  is  Papiscone  and 
just  beyond  is  Assuweska.  One  of  these  is  thought  to  have  stood  at 
the  mouth  of  Chingoteague  Creek,  but  it  is  not  possible  to  determine 
