This e-text uses a few less common characters:
ĭ (i with breve or “short” mark)
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A few typographical errors have been corrected. They have been marked in the text with mouse-hover popups. The spelling “bowlder” is standard for Bureau of Ethnology articles. The capitalization of names such as “Limestone creek,” “Clear creek,” “Fossil creek” is as in the original.