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of notes on the work at Night- Walker's Butte, the Grandmother's 

 Lodge, and the dance lodge, and presented a summary report on his 

 summer's work at one of the sessions of the Tenth Conference for 

 Plains Archeology. As a result of the reduction in force, made neces- 

 sary by curtailed funds, Mr. Hartle's employment was terminated 

 on June 30, 1953. 



George Metcalf, iBeld and laboratory assistant, was a member of 

 the Fort Berthold excavating party in the Garrison Eeservoir area 

 from July 1 to September 26, 1952. In addition to taking an active 

 part in the digging at the fort he spent several days guiding the 

 paleontological party to exposures noted during the previous year's 

 surveys and in checking on the location of archeological sites reported 

 by local residents. Mr. Metcalf also assisted in the investigations 

 at the Grandmother's Lodge site. After returning to the Lincoln 

 headquarters he prepared the material from Fort Berthold II for 

 cataloging, made an analysis of the artifacts from the Night- Walker's 

 Butte excavations, studied and prepared descriptions of specimens 

 from the Star Village site (32ME16) dug the preceding year, and 

 started work on a description of the remains of the last Arikara earth 

 lodge, a task at which he was engaged until the end of the fiscal year. 

 During the winter he also prepared book reviews for the North Dakota 

 Historical Quarterly and for Nebraska History. Mr. Metcalf 's em- 

 ployment was terminated on June 30 through the reduction-in-force 

 program, but on July 1 he was to take a position as a museum aide 

 in the division of archeology, United States National Museum. 



On July 1, 1952, John E. Mills, archeologist, was occupied with 

 an excavating party at the site of the Whetstone Army post in the 

 Fort Kandall Eeservoir area in South Dakota. He completed that 

 work on July 25 and moved his party to the Fort Kandall brick-kiln 

 site where he dug until August 29. During August he also made a 

 reconnaissance, visiting the sites of the Lower Brule Indian Agency, 

 Fort Lower Brule, and Fort Hale for the purpose of planning possible 

 future excavations at those locations. In September he took his party 

 to the Kirwin Reservoir area in Kansas and dug the site of Camp 

 Kirwan. From October through June Mr. Mills was engaged at head- 

 quarters analyzing materials and preparing reports on the results of 

 his investigations. He completed technical papers on "Historic- Sites 

 Archeology in Fort Eandall Eeservoir, South Dakota," and "Exca- 

 vation at Camp Kirwan, Kansas." In addition he completed manu- 

 scripts on the results of work which he did before joining the staff 

 of the Missouri Basin Project. They were : "Quantitative Analysis 

 of a Columbia Eiver Shell Mound," and "Cultural Continuity at 

 Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island." In September he addressed the 

 Kirwin High School on the subject "Smithsonian Institution Eiver 

 Basin Surveys" and in May presented a paper, "Ethnohistory," before 



