NO. 14 



REMAINS OF CHIPPEWA SETTLEMENTS MEANS 



dependent cottages. A goodly portion of the land in which lie 

 the archeological materials is now given over to cultivation ; the 

 remainder of the ancient sites is still covered with dense woods. In 

 places of the former sort, where the trees had been cleared off and 

 the vegetal mold removed, it would have been simple enough to make 

 excavations, were it not for the fact that standing crops of corn 

 occupied the fields. The writer found it impracticable to buy the 



Map 2. 



crops, and of course it was impossible to dig without destroying them. 

 To wait until they had been harvested would have occupied many 

 weeks. In the wooded portions of the sites the trees are very thick 

 and the undergrowth is dense. It would be impossible to make 

 satisfactory clearings without the aid of several laborers These 

 were not then available. 



The archeological sites on La Pointe Island will now be defined 

 in chronological order. In the portion of this paper which deals with 

 the history of the Ojibwa the importance of the several sites is dwelt 

 on at greater length. 



