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was found i flattened ball of antler [pi. 35, fig. 6] and a small edged 

 pebble, F401. 



Pit 78 at 55' on the east side of trench 11 was 3' by 5' in top 

 dimensions and 30" deep. It contained a large number of cracked 

 deer bones and scattered through the refuse were the following 

 named articles: i serrated deer rib, F402 [text fig. 21], i worked 

 bone, F403, I scratched and gnawed deer's femur, F404, i chisel- 

 edged pebble, F405, i celtlike tool made from a pebble, F406, i min- 

 iature celt made from a natural pebble, F407, i long tubular bead, 

 F408, I triangular jasper arrow point, i flint bunt, F410, i pot rim 

 fragment, F411, i long triangular flint point, F412, 2 rude bone 

 beads, F413, 414, i section of a charred wooden pipe stem, F415. 



Pit 79 at 60' on the west side of trench 11 was 3' 8" by 3' in top 

 dimensions and 32" deep. It contained a large quantity of ashes, 

 gray and white. 14" from the top were found i antler point with 

 hollowed socket, F424 [pi. 35, fig. 8], i double pitted stone, i bone 

 awl, F425, I worked beaver tooth, F426 and i worked deer phalanx. 



Pit 80 at 11' in trench 14 on the east side was 4' in diameter and 

 60" deep. It was in two layers divided by a thin layer of top soil 

 thrown in anciently. The uppermost layer was 48" thick and the 

 bottom one 12". The former contained the bones of a number of 

 animals among which the following were identified : deer, elk, moose, 

 bear, wildcat, skunk, beaver, turtle, sturgeon. In the ashes at the 

 top of the pit were found three perfect celts and a butt and an edge 

 of two others. All were ly" below the surface. The presence of 

 these celts in this feast pit suggested the idea that here had been a 

 council, a feast and a " burying of the hatchet ceremony." Other 

 objects from the pit were potsherds, flint chips, charred corn and 

 charred cobs, three sections of a broken bone needle, F416, 417, 

 418 several pot rim fragments and a terra cotta pipe bowl. The 

 numbers of the celts are F450, 451, 452. 



The ground at the beginning of this trench and nearly up to the 

 pit contained post holes and seemed to have once been a " lodge 

 floor." 



Pit 81 at 13' on the west side of trench 14 was 3' by 4' in top 

 dimensions and 36" deep. It contained a large quantity of ashes 

 and charcoal. Near the top were a few deer bones, a polished bone 

 bead, F420 and a charred corn cob, F419. 



There were no pits beyond pits 80 and 81 but indications of lodge 

 sites in two pfeces. Pit 78 in trench 11 intruded the trench line at 

 50 feet on the west side but beyond it on the west there was a 

 barren belt that cut the trench diagonally and intercepted the trench 

 line on the east side at about 40'. 



