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the investigations previously started by the University of Washington. 

 Francis A. Riddell resigned from the Surveys on July 30. George L. 

 Coale met Harry S. Riddell, Jr., at Pasco, Wash., on the 27th, and 

 the two proceeded from there to Ice Harbor and Lower Monumental 

 Reservoirs. After their reconnaissance of those two projects they 

 went on to the Lucky Peak, Lost Valley, and Horse Creek Reservoirs 

 in Idaho, and the Bully Creek Reservoir in Oregon. William W. Burd, 

 who was appointed a field assistant on August 16, and Joel L. Shiner, 

 who was promoted from the crew at McNary to field assistant, spent 

 the period from August 18 to 30 examining the Little Goose and Lower 

 Monumental Reservoirs for archeological remains. Bm-d returned to 

 Eugene and resigned on August 31, while Shiner rejoined the party 

 at the McNary excavations and continued with it until September 9 

 when he resigned. After completing the field work at Moses Lake, 

 Richard D. Daugherty proceeded to Seattle, Wash., where he processed 

 and studied the materials obtained from the excavations and prepared 

 a report on the results of the investigations. His appointment as 

 archeologist terminated on September 16. 



As previously mentioned, Osborne spent the first few weeks of the 

 year on sm-vey duties and was then recalled to Eugene to aid in prepa- 

 rations for the McNary project. He went with the party to that 

 reservoir on August 5 and on August 16 was promoted to archeologist 

 and placed in charge of the excavations. Upon his return to Eugene 

 in September he was made Acting Field Director, and continued to 

 function in that capacity throughout the remainder of the year. 

 During the fall and winter months he wrote the preliminary appraisal 

 reports for the 15 reservoirs surveyed during the summer, prepared 

 a summary report and a longer, more detailed manuscript on the 

 McNary excavations, and made compilations of data on historical 

 references, ethnological descriptions, and trade goods to be used as 

 ready sources for information on the Columbia Basin. During Febru- 

 ary he made a survey of the Big Cliff Reservoir and checked the 

 various bank-control projects of the Corps of Engineers along the 

 Willamette River and its tributaries. On May 26 and 27 he partici- 

 pated in a conference at Pendleton, Oreg., where representatives of 

 the Corps of Engineers, the National Park Service, and the Bureau 

 of Indian Affairs discussed the problem of the removal of Indian 

 burials from areas that are to be flooded. Throughout the winter 

 months Osborne was assisted in the laboratory by Lloyd Collins and 

 Hiroto Zakoji, students of the University of Oregon. 



Illinois. — Archeological studies in Illinois consisted of the examina- 

 tion of the records of previous surveys in the Illinois River Basin and 

 the investigation of two reservoir areas where dams were Under 

 construction. 



