318 RECORDS. 



The subject of primitive pottery-making as represented in the 

 various groups was carefully considered and the technique of 

 each culture was investigated. Samples of the materials used 

 in the manufacture of pottery were obtained as well as repre- 

 sentative forms of finished vessels from each pottery-making 

 pueblo. Nearly one thousand negatives were made to supple- 

 ment the field notes, and to enhance the value of the exhaustive 

 card catalogue pertaining to southwestern ceramics, which is 

 now in the course of preparation. 



Mr. Smith stated that archeological explorations of the Jesup 

 North Pacific Expedition were carried on in 1897 by himself 

 in the Thompson and Fraser River valleys of Southern British 

 Columbia, and 1898-99 in the shell-heaps along the coasts of 

 British Columbia and Washington. In continuance of the gen- 

 eral archeological reconnoissance thus begun in the northwest, 

 the Columbia valley was chosen as the field for research during 

 the field season of 1903. 



It was thought that by working in the Yakima Valley the 

 boundary between the culture of The Dalles and that of the 

 Thompson River region might be determined. The material, 

 however, discovered by the expedition seems to prove that the 

 Yakima Valley was inhabited by people having a culture which 

 previously had been unknown to science. 



In the region were found numerous evidences of the close 

 communication of the people of this culture with tribes of the 

 Thompson River region. Underground house sites, tubular 

 pipes, engraved detalium shells, a decoration consisting of a 

 circle with a dot in it, and rock-slide sepulchres, each of a par- 

 ticular kind, were found to be peculiar to both regions. 



Considerable material of the same art, as that found in the 

 Dalles region was seen. It is clear that the people hving in the 

 Yakima valley had extensive dealings both with the tribes 

 northward, as far as the Thompson valley, and southward, as 

 far as The Dalles of the Columbia. In this connection it is 

 interesting to note that the present Indians of the region travel 

 even more extensively than would be necessary to distribute 

 their artifacts this far. Much less evidence of contact between 



