clay-stones

Updated: May 10, 2025

Near Point le Vesconte some scattered human bones led to the discovery of the tomb of an officer who had received most careful sepulture at the hands of his surviving friends. A little hillock of sand and gravel a most rare occurrence upon that forbidding island of clay-stones afforded an opportunity for Christian-like interment.

William H. (William Henry) Gilder - Schwatka's Search