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were traces of bark and wood, and beneath these were the ribs of a 
smaller animal, possibly a deer or antelope.* 
Cache pit 2—Before excavation cache pit 2 was indicated by a 
3-foot-wide depression in the ground. Excavation proved that it was 
a full-sized cache pit. The constricted portion or neck was located 
approximately one-half the distance between the present level of the 
ground and the bottom of the pit. A cover had been placed in the 
neck, and here pieces of charred wood were found. An extensive fire 
here had reddened the earth with its heat, and in some places the high 
temperatures had burned it to an orange color. At the bottom of the 
pit there was a skeleton of a partially dismembered calf. 
Like cache pit 1, this one was widened at the bottom and had a flat 
floor. The bottom had been planked with boards which were laid on 
the ground and then covered with bark. Several pieces of rotten wood 
were found intact on the floor. 
Cache pit 3—This cache pit was recognized before excavation as a 
depression in the ground. It was almost the same size as cache pits 
1 and 2 before they were excavated; hence, another large pit was 
anticipated. Excavation, however, revealed that it was a shallow- 
type pit, basin-shaped, and about 3 feet in depth. Several bone frag- 
ments and small stones were found in the debris near the top of the 
pit. 
Cache pit 4.—A circular depression in the ground, detached from 
the southeast corner of cabin 1, was designated as cache pit 4. After 
excavation it proved to be a shallow, basin-type storage pit. The pit 
itself was on a lower ground level than the floor level of the cabin, 
and it may have been slightly older. It was about 3 feet in depth. 
Several broken animal bones and one broken projectile point, as 
well as many tiny blue, white, and red glass beads, were found in 
cache pit 4. In addition, several metal objects, tin cans, and some doll 
legs were found in the pit. The single projectile point in the midst 
of such recent material must have come from an older occupational 
level through which the pit had been dug. It appears, moreover, 
that the cache pit was filled with debris before the village was 
abandoned. 
The few cabins and pits described here were all that could be lo- 
cated in an undisturbed condition. They certainly represented a very 
small portion of a community which once consisted of at least 30 
structures. It was possible to map more of the village on the theory 
that the greatest concentration of cultural debris would le around 
old dwellings. Thus, wherever pieces of old leather, nails, dishes, 
4During the excavations an elderly Indian woman who had lived in the village as a 
little girl asked us to return a colored, beaded blanket that had been placed in a cache 
pit many years ago, She was not certain where the pit was located but assumed we 
might find it during our excavations. 
