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of an inch or an inoh of it, eacli indentation becoming indistinct near the end. I 

 have counted from ten to fifteen of these casts in the space of a 'ineai' inch, and yet 

 some of the slierds represent mnch liner cords." 



The wai'e of the Mis.sissippi valley proper naturally extend far up 

 the western tril)utaries, and a few fragments have been found in the 

 Yellowstone Park, one of the most remote and inaccessible localities 

 in the country. These fragments were brought in by Colonel P. W. 

 Norris, Superintendent of the Park, in 1S80. They represent a large 

 jar or pot with uijright neck. The material is coarsely silicious and 

 the walls are thick. Just below the rim is a line of nodes made by 

 punching with a round implement from within, and there are indis- 

 tinct traces of roulette-markings. These pieces have a close analogy 

 with the roulette-stamped ware of Naples, Illinois, and therefore with 

 the whole rouletted group. 



A few fragments of very archaic ware have been gathered in Idaho 

 and on the site of Salt Lake Citj', Utah. These seem to be related to 

 the primitive northern pottery, rather than to the Pueblo ware of the 

 South. 



a Comfort, A. J., in Smithsonian Report for 1871, pp. 400-401. 



