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I understanding of precontact-era settlement and land use patterns. The two closest are very near or on Point Elliott (Table 2). Beka'lti, translated as a "good camping ground," was on the "land spit and adjoining salt marsh" that became present-day Mukilteo (Waterman 1922, 2001). According to Riddle (2007), this was the site of a Snohomish permanent winter village. The author goes on to say: According to Tribal tradition, Dokwibuth the Transformer instructed inhabitants to move from this spot north to the mouth of the Snohomish River, where they built the fortified village of Hebolb (Riddle 2007). The name Mukilteo is an anglicized pronunciation of Beka'lti and has also been translated as "to swallow" or "narrow passage" or "a throat, a neck, or narrowing in a body of water" (Riddle 2007). Table 2. Summary of Place Name Information Recorded by Waterman (1922, 2001) Name Translation Location Distance and directionfrom APE Hud kl wEd middle or center place, central waterfront in Everett 3.62 km (2.25 miles) our soul side northeast HuxuktLlalal tops of trees are broken a place on the shoreline west 1.40 km (0.87 miles) off at this location of Everett north-northeast Sklels dirty rocks a spot on the shore very close 1.37 km (0.85 miles) west to Point Elliot Beka'l til good camping ground, the town of Mukilteo 0.40-1.37 km or narrow passage 0.25-0.87 miles west Settlement and Post -Settlement History Encouraged by the Donation Land Claim Act, a wave of Euroamerican settlers arrived in the area in the 1850s, largely by way of the Naches Pass Trail (Bjarke 1942; Bonney 1927; Meany 1910). Several years later, as a result of the Homestead Act of 1862, another influx of settlers arrived. These settlers farmed on the prairies and along the rivers, logged the upland forests, and extracted coal (Carpenter 1986; Marino 1990). Chinese and Japanese immigrants first arrived in the area in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Coal and logging ventures brought about further settlement and development of the region. History ofMukilteo The APE is within the modern-day extension of the Everett City limits; however, the historic City center (ca. 1910) would have been about 3.2 km (2.0 miles) to the northeast. The historic landmarks and archaeological sites within 1.6 km (1.0 mile) are to the west of the project area in the town of Mukilteo. Although the APE has largely remained untouched since the logging activities within the last 10-12 ' years, the landscape surrounding the project area has been radically transformed. It has essentially been old -growth forest, timber land, and an industrial and travel corridor all within the past 150 years. Nearby Japanese Creek, which runs alongside the Boeing railroad spur to the west of the project, has been straightened and channelized. This rapid shift of land use is typical of western settlement and illustrates the rapid rate of changing priorities not just in western culture, but in all Tierra Archaeological Report No. 2014-077 11