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of whale ribs & jaws with now & then the end of a decaying post of wood projecting through the top of the mound show what formed the framework of the houses and the appearance of the whole was exactly that of the old Eskimo village site out on the neck of the Cape at (2) in the plan sketched below is another similar site of 5 or 6 houses and this site facing the middle of the neck of [[strikethrough]] gravel [[/strikethrough]] pebble beach which is about 20 ft. lower & divides the bay & sea in front here is good proof that the sea extended where this neck now exists when these houses were occupied. Then just behind the present village at (3) is another site of 8 or 10 houses facing the sea of the present and probably forming the last settlement of the people who used this style of house before they departed from here or were exterminated by disease or war. The house sites in all these villages have the characteristic form of the sites of Eskimos underground houses and are radically different from any houses used by the present people of this coast near here at present. I saw no pieces of fresh whale’s bones about the place here but saw where the people have been & saw one man digging up a piece of whales jaw from one of the houses.

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[[labels on image]] Bay Cape 1 2 3 4 [[/labels on image]]

1 = 1st village site
2 = 2d village site
3 = 3d village site  
4 = present village upon pebble neck |

Transcription Notes:
Chart is a hand drawn map with several labels (e.g., Bay, Cape)