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Excerpt from Some Aboriginal Sites on Red River Red river has its source in extreme northwestern Texas and takes an east erly course, bounded most of the way on the north by the State of Oklahoma and on the south by Texas, until southwestern Arkansas is reached', where the river continues in the same direction, having Little River county, Arkansas, on the north and Bowie county, Texas, on the south. Next, Red river, still pursuing an easterly course into Arkansas, has part of Little River county to the north of it and Miller county to the south until within a short distance from the town of F ul ton, whence the stream takes a southerly course, having Hempstead and Lafayette counties on the east and Miller county on the west, until it enters the State of Louisiana. In Louisiana, Red river ows in a southerly and then southeasterly direction until it joins the Atchafalaya river (locally pronounced chaf-ai-eye-yeh) which continues southward, while a continuation of Red river, called Old river1 on charts prepared by the United States Corps of Engineers, goes a distance of eight miles by water eastward to Mississippi river. Our investigation, this season, occupied slightly less than five months of the latter part of 1911 and the earlier portion of 1912 and covered Red river (and Old river) from the junction with Mississippi river to a point 37 miles by water2 above Fulton, Arkansas, or 519 miles in all, as the river runs. As we have explained in previous reports, our archaeological investigation is conducted from a steamer of light draught, one hundred feet in length, over all, which enables us to carry material necessary for the work and an ample force of men to attend to it. Mr. J. S.. Raybon, captain of our steamer, as a rule goes over in advance such territory as we have selected for our investigation, ascertaining the exact location of mounds and of cemeteries and the names and addresses of the owners of these aboriginal sites, so that, later, our work