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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



large point made of red jasper was discovered on the west side of 

 the valley of Little Stony Creek, about 2 miles below the Mons site, 

 and others of equal interest have been found at a greater distance 

 from the peaks. 



Fig. 78. — Five specimens from the Mons site, all made of dark or black 

 stones now altered to a very light color. Folsom point on left with missing 

 parts indicated. Small flake-knife below. Natural size. 



Thus it is evident that the region surrounding the Peaks of Otter, 

 where the valleys and mountainsides were covered with dense forests 

 and where game was plentiful, had attracted the first nomadic hunters 

 who entered the wilderness. Later, during succeeding centuries, other 

 tribes came to occupy the region — tribes that differed in manners and 

 ways of life. Stone implements made and used by the many occupants 

 of the valley are now found where they had been lost or abandoned, 

 but the identity of their makers remains unsolved. 



