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Winslow M. Walker was appointed to the staff of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnolon^y as associate anthropologist in March, 1931. He 

 resumed his research in Hawaiian archeology, begun during a year's 

 stay in the Hawaiian Islands in 1929, in preparation for a paper on 

 Hawaiian sculpture. 



In preparation for work in the field Mr. Walker undertook re- 

 search in the early narratives of exploration in Louisiana and Arkan- 

 sas. He left Washington May 29 to investigate some caves in the 

 vicinity of Gilbert, Ark., in the Ozark Mountains, with the hope of 

 being able to throw new light on the Ozark bluff dwellers and other 

 early inhabitants of the caves. Sixteen caves were explored and 

 excavations were made in several of the most promising. A large 

 cave at Cedar Grove yielded several skeletons and a considerable 

 number of stone, flint, and bone artifacts. As the fiscal year closed 

 Mr. Walker was still engaged in excavating this cavern. He intends 

 to make a brief survey of certain mounds and village sites along the 

 Red River Valle}^ in the northern part of Louisiana on the com- 

 pletion of his work in Arkansas. 



SPECIAL RESEARCHES 



The study of Indian music for the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 has been carried forward during the past year by Miss Frances Dens- 

 more. The three phases of this research are (1) the recording of 

 songs and collecting of other material in the field, including the pur- 

 chase of specimens; (2) the transcription and analysis of songs, with 

 the development of information; and (3) the preparation of material 

 for publication. All these phases have received attention during 

 the year, and the songs of three hitherto unstudied localities have 

 been recorded. 



Early in July, 1930, Miss Densmore went to Grand Portage, an 

 isolated Chippewa village on Lake Superior, near the Canadian 

 boundary. This village was visited in 1905, a ceremony was wit- 

 nessed, and one of its songs written down ; therefore a return to 

 Grand Portage was particularly interesting. The purpose of the 

 trip was to witness the Chippewa dances on the Fourth of July, but 

 she remained more than three weeks, continuing her study of native 

 customs. Several songs of the ivahunowhi were heard and translated, 

 these resembling the songs of the Grand Medicine, which formed a 

 subject of intensive study during 1907-1911. She also witnessed the 

 tipi-shaking of an Indian medicine man and listened to his songs 

 for almost an hour. This performance is very rare at the present 

 time. Although the evening was quiet, the tipi was seen to sway as 

 though buffeted by a tempest, then remain motionless a few seconds 

 and again shake convulsively. This was continuous while Miss 

 Densmore watched the performance and was said to have continued 



