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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, [QI2 



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Flic most graceful figures ever observed by Mrs. Stevenson among 

 any people are those of the eagle dance. Two men impersonate 

 eagles, and the songs arc sung by a choir which follows the dancers. 

 The first song refers to the spotted mesa, the second to the white 

 elk, the third to the white eagle, and the fourth to the Mack eagle. 



Fig. 45. — Eagle I )ance. 

 Photograph by Airs. Stevenson, 



Investigations Among the Indians of Oklahoma and Texas by Dr. John 



r. s wanton. 



From January to Maw and again in November and December, 

 1912, Dr. |ohn k. Swanton was engaged in researches in < )klahoma 

 and Texas. In March he visited a number of places in Texas in the 

 hope of finding remnants of the numerous small Indian tribes that 

 originally lived, or were temporarily located, in various parts of that 

 State. Some information was obtained regarding 1 the fate of the 



