KJOKKEN-MODDINGS ON NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA. 359' 



bones, and those of animals. The layers reach i)robably to a great 

 depth, but I only had opportunity to measure to a depth of 10 feet, 



Map G. 



which was at a place where a settler named Miller was digging a founda- 

 tion for a house. My visits to this place were only casual, for my duties 

 allowed me but little time to explore this interesting locality. But on 

 one occasion I found time to search for graves, and in this was guided by 

 the following circumstances : In the first place, I made sure of a local- 

 ity on which, in former times, huts had existed, which I soon recog- 

 nized by a slight circular depression. In this locality these stretched 

 along in a pretty regular line to a point where the otherwise level bank 

 rises in a steep ascent. As these graves are found only a few 

 steps from the remains of the habitations, I had not long to search, and 

 soon found a wooden inclosure which contained a skeleton. I found 

 the grave to be 3J feet deep, inclosed on the sides with split redwood 

 planks, trees of which are found on the shores and river-banks as drift- 

 wood. Between these was laid the skeleton, with legs drawn up 5 the 

 latter encircled by the outstretched arms, in sach a manner that the 

 bones of the hands were mixed up with those of the feet. It ^vas lying 071 

 the l)acl{,face up, and turned toward the southwest, (Fig. G, b.) Over the 



Fig. G, h. 



head was a cross board, resting on the inclosing planks, leaving only one 

 inch of clear space between it and the skull. The cross-board was 

 weighted with heavy stones, which had been obtained on the sea-shore. 

 The other part of the skeleton was unprotected, and closely packed in 

 the soil. 



