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Stone, miscellaneous (Nos. 38, 398, 1366, 1685). One of the specimens (No. 



1366) is a fragment of sawed marble and may be a portion of a lamp base. 



Tree section (No. 1S91). From an ash located in front of the South Officers' 



Quarters. The section is from the main trunk which was dead. 

 Wood, miscellaneous (Nos. 95, 96, 586, 1244, 1274, 1538, 1539, 1612, 1613, 1726). 

 Objects of native manufacture : 



Bead (No. 512). Broken bead of dentalium shell. 



Gaming pieces (No. 1771). Eight circular pieces of clear sheet glass, 

 probably fragments of window pane, roughly smoothed by hand at the 

 edges. These are probably gaming pieces used in the native plum-stone 

 game. Similar pieces of both glass and modern earthenware, have been 

 found at the sites of Like-a-Fishook Village and Fort Berthold II (32ML2) 

 and elsewhere. 



Grinding slah (No. 638). A burned, broken, fine-grained basaltic slab 8 

 inches wide by 13V2 inches long. It had been deeply pecked over the 

 central portion of one surface and ground to a basin shape. It had 

 subsequently been used in the masonry footing of the Bakery where it 

 was found. 



End scraper (No. 1665). A bulbous flake of "Knife River flint" (brown 

 chalcedony) chipped over most of the upper surface and with secondary 

 chipping along the edges. 



Flake (Nos. 1-5, 1666). Six slightly modified flakes, probably used as 

 scrapers, also made of "Knife River flint." 



W&rked hone (Nos. 1667, 1890). One (No. 1890) is a small, blocklike por- 

 tion of scapula, with a cut hole in the center ; perhaps a shaft wrench. 

 The other (No. 1667) is a lightly incised distal end of a humerus. Neither 

 was of identifiable species. 



CONCLUSION 



The documentary record of physical structures of the permanent 

 military post known as Fort Stevenson is remarkably full and de- 

 tailed. The post archives have been preserved, apparently without 

 major gaps, and these provide a good record of the design and con- 

 struction of the fort. The interesting personal record preserved in 

 the journal kept by General de Trobriand supplements these docu- 

 ments in several ways, as do certain pictorial records. The total 

 range of information available in customary historical sources con- 

 cerning this western military post may very well be unique. These 

 facts are now supplemented by a body of archeological data 

 concerning the site. 



The preservation of good documentary sources concerning the post 

 is especially fortunate in view of the fact that the physical remains 

 of the various structures once comprised in Fort Stevenson had 

 undergone major changes and alterations before archeological work 

 became possible. The history of these buildings would at a great 

 many points be obscure were the documentary record missing. No 

 single structure of the military period had survived above ground, 

 even in ruin. Alteration of the site through extensive and disastrous 

 fires, followed by intentional demolition and plundering of various 



