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Ficure 23.—Crow-Flies-High Village plan as determined by archeological studies. 
etc., appeared to be more numerous, it was assumed that a cabin 
was once situated on that spot. Then its location was plotted on a 
map. By this method several more probable cabin sites were mapped 
and the general plan of the community was revealed. A large circu- 
lar depression in the cultivated area of the site was almost certainly 
an earthlodge location. Testing showed ashes beneath the soil, but 
it had been so badly disturbed that excavation was regarded as 
fruitless. 
From the archeological evidences alone a few conclusions may be 
listed. Crow-Flies-High Village was located on a terrace about 35 
feet above the Missouri River and was roughly rectangular in shape, 
oriented east and west. There was a tendency for more structures 
to be concentrated on the east end while the south side was completely 
open. A plaza was left open in the middle of the rectangle. The 
occupants preferred to live in rectangular shaped cabins with earthen 
floors. Fire hearths, and sometimes stoves were used for heating the 
cabin or for cooking, and they were usually placed in or near a 
corner of the room. Storage pits of two kinds were maintained for 
storage of foods. One was about 6 feet deep in the earth, usually 
outside the dwelling. In form it was nearly identical with tradi- 
tional cists in earthlodge villages. The other type was shallow and 
basin-shaped, extending about 3 to 4 feet in the ground. The in- 
habitants used mainly manufactured goods from American traders 
