ANTHROPOLOGY — DORSl^Y. 167 



ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Dorsey, George A., Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois. 

 Grant No. 420. Investigation among the tribes of the Caddoan stock. 

 (For previous reports see Year Book No. 2, p. xv; Year Book No. 3, 

 p. 83 ; Year Book No. 4, p. 53, and Year Book No. 5, pp. 55, 56.) $2,000. 



The work of this year has been almost entirely of a linguistic nature. 

 Recognizing the necessity of being able to interpret Pawnee in order to 

 translate properly the large number of songs and rituals which have accumu- 

 lated during the past five years, the work of preparing for publication certain 

 material already obtained was suspended, and Dr. Dorsey, accompanied 

 by Mr. Murie, spent ten weeks during the winter in New York, where, 

 under the direction of Dr. Franz Boas, the fundamental principles of the 

 Pawnee language were studied and methods of recording texts, etc., were 

 learned. On return to Chicago work has been carried on exclusively in the 

 preparation of a volume of texts, the manuscript of which it is hoped will be 

 ready for the printer by the end of the present year. The source of these 

 texts consists of narratives of personal experiences, traditions, myths, etc., 

 collected on phonographic records last autumn from a well-known Skidi by 

 the name of Roaming Scout. These have all been transcribed and are now 

 being verified from the records. A sketch of the grammar will be prepared 

 for publication with the texts. As a result of the acquisition of this material 

 certain portions of the manuscript prepared last year on the Society and 

 Religion of the Skidi will be revised, and much new information acquired 

 from the records will be incorporated in this manuscript. 



The manuscript on the mythology of the Pawnee has been printed during 

 this year as Publication No. 59 of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. 

 Certain minor papers resulting from investigation have also been printed. 

 A supplement to the above-mentioned volume will be prepared during the 

 winter. It will embody many songs, the music of which has already been 

 transcribed and carefully treated by Dr. E. von Hornbostel, who spent three 

 months in Chicago last year making certain psychological investigations 

 among the Pawnee, beside making a careful study of their music. This sup- 

 plement will also contain a resume of Dr. Dorsey 's investigations in the 

 mythology of the tribes of the Caddoan stock and a comparison of incidents 

 with those of other mythologies of North America. 



To prepare for publication the music and translation of the songs and 

 rituals which have already been recorded, and which will form part of the 

 memoir on the Society and Religion of the Skidi, will demand greater time 

 than was originally anticipated. It is believed, however, that another year 

 will complete this work. 



