FOKEWORD 



During July and August of 1954, the writers were in charge of the 

 excavation of site 32MN1, or Kipp's Post, in Mountrail County, 

 N. Dak. The successful conclusion of the excavation and study of the 

 materials found there was brought about by the interest and assist- 

 ance of many individuals and institutions. 



First and foremost, thanks should be given to the Missouri Basin 

 Project, Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Robert L. Stephenson, then 

 acting chief of the Project, gave advice and loaned equipment; G. 

 Hubert Smith, of the same organization, visited the site with the 

 writers, read this manuscript at intervals, and was helpful in many 

 other ways. A map that Smith, George Metcalf, and Lee Madison, 

 of the Project, made in 1951, delimited the post and was of great 

 use during the excavation. In addition to this, the Missouri Basin 

 Project turned over to the State Historical Society of North Dakota 

 notes, photographs, and artifacts found at the site during a pre- 

 liminary investigation by a field party under G. Hubert Smith. Arti- 

 facts collected by the Smithsonian Institution are prefixed by the 

 letters "S.I." in the text. 



George Metcalf, Division of Archeology, U.S. National Museum, 

 aided in the identification of artifacts and was helpful at other times. 

 Malcolm Watkins, then associate curator. Division of Ethnology, 

 U.S. National Museum, identified the glazed earthenware. Dr. Carlyle 

 S. Smith, Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, identi- 

 fied artifacts associated with firearms, and made the reconstruction 

 of the one-pounder cannon found at the site. The Misses Mary Eliza- 

 beth King and Irene Emery of the Textile Museum, Washington, D.C., 

 identified the cloth fragments. Dr. Herbert Friedmann, curator, 

 Division of Birds, U.S. National Museum, identified the interesting 

 series of avian remains. Dr. David H. Dunkle, associate curator, 

 Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, U.S. National Museum, identi- 

 fied the fishbones. Dr. T. E. White, Dinosaur National Monument, 

 National Park Service, identified the mammal bones. Miss Lucile 

 M. Kane, curator of manuscripts, Minnesota Historical Society, aided 

 with historical research. Col. Dana Wright, St. John, N. Dak., and 

 Fred La Rocque, New Town, N. Dak., allowed the writers to examine 

 artifacts they had found at the site. 



The National Park Service, Region Two, Omaha, Nebr., provided 

 a portion of the funds for the excavation and the writing of this report. 



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