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covered. ‘These fragments, as well as the chips found, carried a heavy 
encrustation of lime on the lowermost side. 
Feature 2 was a fire-reddened, circular area 25 inches in diameter. 
The center was depressed to a maximum depth of 2 inches, and this 
shallow basin held a few pieces of charcoal and an inch-thick layer 
of white ashes. The earth beneath showed thermal effects to a depth 
of 3 inches. Apart from the small quantity of charcoal and ash, the 
only directly associated objects were two chalcedony chips which 
were in the earth fill of the basin immediately above the ash. 
The subsurface conditions encountered in this test suggest that the 
site had served as a camp spot during the time that the dark soil 
layer was accumulating. Early in this period the occupation had 
either been of some duration or had occurred often over a fairly long 
period. Later occupation was evidently much more sporadic. It 
seems safe to assume that all occupation of the site preceded White 
contact. 
32DU9 (map 1).—This site, located during the 1950 survey, yielded 
as surface finds at the time of discovery a broken blade, many flakes, 
bone splinters, fire-cracked rocks, and a few very small cord-impressed 
sherds. In order to determine more accurately its archeological po- 
tentialities, it was revisited by G. Hubert Smith and myself in October 
1951, and 21% days were spent in digging a test trench across the east 
end of the site. ; 
This site is on the right side of the Missouri, on a small terrace 
remnant on the left side of Boggy Creek, at the point where that small 
tributary empties into the larger stream, in the NW14,SE1{ sec. 20, 
T. 150 N., R. 93 W. Along this stretch of the Missouri River the 
stream crowds close against the south side of the valley and the up- 
land is cut through by numerous small creeks, the valleys of which 
have steep, often precipitous sides. This results in long arms of up- 
land, separated from each other by deep coulees and ravines, thrusting 
out toward the river. The general aspect of the country is bold and 
rugged in the extreme. Nevertheless it was good country for the 
aboriginal hunter, teeming with both large and small game. The 
rugged terrain afforded stalking conditions for men armed only with 
short-range weapons, and the mouth of every valley offered a shel- 
tered camping spot close to abundant supplies of wood and water. 
The site occupies a small triangular terrace, the point of which is 
downstream (east), with a steep hill-slope to the west, the Missouri 
River a few yards to the north, and Boggy Creek coulee opening to 
the southward. The north side of the terrace drops sharply for some 
30 feet to the few yards of willow-covered flood plain that separates 
it from the river shore. Judging from the extent of the thin, char- 
coal-marked line exposed in the north cutbank of the terrace, the 
