. Bulletin. Ethnology. 58 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdll. 176. orrs SCALE 39LM57 2ND LEVEL Figure 4.—Representation of the tangible remains of La Barge Trading Post with its associated features and position of charred beams on floor of the structure. that part of the building. The scattered pieces of chalkstone suggest they may have been used in the construction of the fireplace, while the burned clay daubing indicates a stick-mud chimney such as was in vogue at that time in frontier outposts. In the vicinity of the fireplace footing were sections of charred beams ranging in length from 1
. Bulletin. Ethnology. 58 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [Bdll. 176. orrs SCALE 39LM57 2ND LEVEL Figure 4.—Representation of the tangible remains of La Barge Trading Post with its associated features and position of charred beams on floor of the structure. that part of the building. The scattered pieces of chalkstone suggest they may have been used in the construction of the fireplace, while the burned clay daubing indicates a stick-mud chimney such as was in vogue at that time in frontier outposts. In the vicinity of the fireplace footing were sections of charred beams ranging in length from 1 to 4 feet, in width from 5 to 6 inches, and in thickness from I14 to 2i/^ inches. Small pieces of flooring planks that were intact measured 6 to 10 inches in width, from li/4 to 2 inches in thickness, and from 1 to 2 feet in length. All were so badly fire checked, however, that it was impossible to determine whether they were sawed or hewn. Charred wood was not found over the entire 70- X 20-foot area and it may be that the building had partinlly tumbled down prior to the fire, with the result that the northern portions were more readily consumed than the southern. Hence the greater concentration of ash and the paucity of charcoal in the northern end of the area (fig. 4). Scattered over the floor of the structure were various-sized glass trade beads, a few square-cut nails, metal objects, and pieces of white- clay trade pipes. In the vicinity of the chimney footing percussion caps of the type manufactured after 1820 were found. Two interesting features, Nos. 5 and 11 (fig. 4), were rectangular pits with vertical walls and flat bottoms suggesting storage bins or perhaps wine cellars such as found in houses at Jamestown Island, Virginia. The latter, however, were lined with brick, while the South Dakota examples were unlined. No remains of bottles were found in them, however. In the ash-filled soil in Feature 5 (pi. 12, a) were the charred remains of a wooden stirring paddle as
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