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КАРОР Oe SPIRITU e BI LA VIT CIR ы Былайда i" di 
SOME ABORIGINAL SITES IN LOUISIANA AND IN ARKANSAS. 
(ATCHAFALAYA River, LAKE Lamro, Tensas River, Bayou Macon, Bayou 
D’ ARBONNE, IN LOUISIANA; SALINE RIVER, IN ARKANSAS.) 
By CLARENCE B. Moore. 
INTRODUCTION. 
Our archeological investigation, this season, occupied parts of November 
and December, 1912, of January and April, 1913, and all February and March, 
1913, one hundred and thirty days in all, and embraced portions of Atchafalaya 
river, of Lake Larto, of Tensas river, of Bayou Macon, of Bayou D’Arbonne, 
all in the state of Louisiana, and a portion of Saline river, in the state of Arkansas. 
The investigation of these regions, which hitherto, in the main, were unknown 
from an archeological point of view, proved rather an unproductive task. This 
result was not unexpected, as our agents, who had conducted a search in advance, 
had reported unfavorably on nearly all the various localities, and as, in ad- 
dition, we fully realized that unsatisfactory conditions would, of necessity, be 
imposed upon us in this territory, most of which is subject to overflow, where 
the destruction or the impairment of mounds is not permissible. Nevertheless, 
these various localities seemed to call for investigation owing to their geo- 
graphical relation to our former work. 
As we have had occasion to explain in earlier reports, our investigation is 
accomplished by the use of a steamer of light draught as headquarters, in which 
men and material readily can be transported. The use of a steamer in this 
connection, however, is open to serious objection, since one’s effort is limited 
to navigable water; but, on the other hand, a far greater amount of work сап be 
accomplished in this way, and this is of vital importance since, in the United 
States, aboriginal remains are constantly being destroyed, and with deplorable 
speed, by treasure-seekers, relic-sellers, and by cultivation, while the number 
of those engaged in legitimate research in the field is very limited. 
In order still further to facilitate the work, it is our invariable custom to 
have such territory as seems to offer opportunities for investigation, visited in 
advance, in order that, if a favorable decision as to its desirability is reached, 
the location of mounds and cemeteries may be determined and permission to 
investigate may be obtained. 
The regions investigated by us this year had been carefully searched and 
reported on in part by Capt. J. S. Raybon, and partly by Capt. W. D. Platt, 
who, as a rule, with companions, visited all the localities in small boats in summer 
seasons, making careful inquiries as they went. 
