Field notes, v1670
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Shang . 1921 Hazelton, B.C. 68. ? According to the game-warden here, a Mr. Franklin, the original home-camps of these interior Indians was the floor of Please Falls, a shallow swampy hole directly under the south spur of Rocherelle (Rochereau Belleisle) Bonlder Mt. I would not be surprised however if he had [illegible] gotten it mixed up with the big Please Falls North-east of here. Grave- Yard. There are graves, small houses without walls, and wickerwork fences, scattered all thru' the country. And their grave yard along the turn is a strange mixture of the old and the new -- marble [and] granite tombstones, with grotesque family totems carved by the stone- cutters. Tombstones with pictures on them of the deceased. Houses with sewing machines, and turners in them, with mirrors instead of windows. Intricately carved and festooned fences with unlight graves within. All manner of blends of Christianity and Totemism. Most of the totems are the bear. There is however one frog, altho as Mr. Mennie told us they hold the frog and toad in horror as the personification of all evil and bad luck. The little Indian girl of the family living near us on Parry's place, was in our cabin, when a live toad I was keeping in a can putted his head up so she could see it. She fled in horror, and has not been in since, altho she never hesitates to ask ```</think>Based on the image provided, here is the transcription:```json{