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River. This study confirmed Mr. Hewitt's earlier estimate that the 

 approximate period was 1559-70. 



A study of the Jesuit Rehitions shows that the organic units of the 

 federal structure of the historical League of the Five Iroquois Tribes 

 differed from those of the Huron in nonessentials only, Mr. Hewitt 

 also established the fact that the Iroquois had not been expelled from 

 the north by Algonquins in prehistoric times. 



A new translation with interpretative notes of the Fifth Ritual of 

 the Federal Ccremonj^ of Condolence and Installation, "The Requick- 

 ening Address", consisting of 8,385 native terms, was made. 



Mr. Hewitt represented the Smithsonian Institution on the United 

 States Geographic Board, as a member of its executive committee. 



As custodian of manuscripts, Mr. Hewitt has been assisted by Miss 

 Mae Tucker, who has also continued the task of cataloging the 

 thousands of negatives and photographs accumulated since the 

 establishment of the Bureau. 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



The study of Indian music was continued during the past 3'ear by 

 Miss Frances Densmore, a collaborator of the Bureau. Seven manu- 

 scripts were submitted, with the following titles: "Winnebago, Iro- 

 quois, Pueblo, and British Columbian Songs"; "Seminole Songs Con- 

 nected with Legends and Dances"; "Dance Songs of the Seminole 

 Indians"; "Choctaw Songs of Dances and Games"; "Songs of the 

 Alibamu Indians"; "Alibamu Songs of the Bufl'alo and Other 

 Dances"; and "Chitimacha, Choctaw, and Seminole Music, with a 

 Comparative Survey of Indian Music in the Gulf States." Seven 

 manuscripts previously submitted on the music of British Columbian 

 Indians have been combined and retyped. 



An extended field trip in the Gulf States was begun in December 

 1932 and concluded in February 1933. The first tribe visited was the 

 Alibamu in Polk County, Tex., more than GO songs being recorded. 

 The Chitimacha at Charenton, La., were next studied. About 80 

 songs were recorded from the Choctaw near Philadelphia, Miss. The 

 Seminole in Florida were revisited and about 70 songs were recorded. 



EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS 



The editing of the publications of the Bureau was continued through 

 the year by Stanley Searles, editor. The status of the publications 

 is presented in the following summary. 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED 



Forty-ninth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Sec- 

 retary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1931-32. vi + S pp. 



Bulletin 99. The Swimmer manuscript: Cherokee sacred formulas and medic- 

 inal prescriptions (Mooney and Olbrechts). xvii + 319 pp., 13 pis. 



