S Uri'LEM K> TAi; Y NOTES 



The (luarry jiroup i)i'esciite(l in the fiontisiiiece and ajjaiii in another 

 setting- in phite cii was prepared as an exposition exhibit ratlier tlian 

 as a iieeessaiy featnre of the stndies i-eeorded in the ])resent ])aper. It 

 may be further stated that it is intendeil to exeinj)lify a jjreat art of tlie 

 rac^e — the shajiinj^ of stone by tiakiiig processes — ratlier than to illus- 

 trate a satisfactorily established ejjisode in the history of a particular 

 people. After tlie retui n of tlie grouj) from the World's Columbian 

 Exposition at Ohicago, where it formed part of a set of exhibits illus- 

 tratini;' the various nreat quarry-shops of the United States, I con- 

 ceived tiie notion that the figures could be taken to I'iny branch and 

 placed in the actual quarries, thus more graphically jjortraying the 

 ancient operations. A site was selected for the purpose on the margin 

 of a gulch near Fourteenth street, where some great oaks grow on the 

 beds of ancient refuse; but before the project could be carried out I 

 was called away from the work i)ermanently. I happened, however, 

 to mention my plans to Messrs Gushing and Dinwiddle, of the Bureau 

 of Ethnology, and these gentlemen very generously took uj) the work, 

 aud the result is indicated in the accompanying view, plate cii, which 

 on its receipt was a great surprise to me, as much more had been done 

 than I had contenii>late(l. It seems that ^Ir Gushing found traces of 

 dwelling on the sit(^ selected, aiul rescdved to restore the scenes of the 

 past in all possible detail without deviating from the theoretic his- 

 toric models. He established a camp, built the lodge of matting, 

 carried out an antique wooden mortar and other appropriate utensils, 

 laid a hearth of bowlders, and constructed the framework of i)oles for 

 drying fish aiul game. Tlie scene is altogether complete and realistic 

 though the jiicture is somewhat lacking in contrast of light and shade. 



It remains only to say in this connection that I desire nothing more 

 than that the group should be taken for what it is worth as an illus- 

 tration of a most iini)ortaiit industry carried on in nearly every part 

 of the country. It will, however, I am sure, assist in conveying a deti- 

 uite iiui)i(;ssion of the work ])r()secuted so extensively in the District of 

 Golumbia, and as it associates with the (piarries the only ])eople that 

 have any claim whatsoever to the occu])ancy of the region and the site, 

 the (^haiu-es are greatly in favor of the jiractical correctness of the 

 impressions conveyed. 



Since the com])letioii of this grouj) it has been a source of regret that 

 a fourth liguie was not added to illustrate the final steps of tiie work — 

 the specializing of the blades by pressure processes — though it is true 

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