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Map S. — Map of Knight Island, Yakutat Bay, with detail indicating the site of Old Town. 

 Drawn by Donald F. McGeein. 



insisted that Xatgawet was a post-Russian chief associated with Lost 

 River, and that the KJaight Island site was pre-Russian. Furthermore, 

 we found no clear evidence of post-contact occupation of the site. 



Although no definite tradition explains the abandonment of the site, 

 some informants suggest that it may have been due to smallpox. 

 This is not unreasonable, since the epidemic of 1775 is reported by 



