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this and other necessary researches on the Salishan tribes, Doctor 

 Haeberlin visited British Columbia and Washington in 1915, and 

 again in June, 1917, for the purpose of obtaining additional material. 

 These expeditions were also made possible by the generosity of Mr. 

 Sargent. 



In his investigations Doctor Boas has had the valued help of Miss 

 H. A. Andrews and Miss Mildred Downs. 



In behalf of the bureau, Mr. W. H. Holmes, of the National 

 Museum, visited New York, Boston, and Cambridge, for the purpose 

 of studying archeological material in the museums of those cities in 

 connection with the completion of Bulletin 60, Handbook of Ameri- 

 can Antiquities, part 1 of which is in type. The proof reading of 

 this publication was well in hand at the close of the fiscal year, and 

 progress was made by Mr. Holmes in the preparation of part 2. 



The study of Indian music, undertaken by Miss Frances Densmore 

 several years ago under the auspices of the bureau, was successfully 

 continued through the year. The proof reading of Bulletin 61, 

 Teton Sioux Music, was brought to completion. A second season of 

 field work was devoted to the Ute Indians, sufficient data being ob- 

 tained to complete a work on the music of that tribe. Of this mate- 

 rial 73 new songs were transcribed and analyzed, 23 songs previously 

 recorded were likewise analyzed, and 5 songs also previously sub- 

 mitted with analyses were further studied. Five group analyses, to- 

 gether with about 30 pages of manuscript description, were prepared. 

 All except about 15 Ute records are now ready for publication; these 

 cover a considerable variety of songs, analyses of which show impor- 

 tant differences from songs of other tribes, one peculiarity being an 

 added importance of rhythm. 



For purposes of comparison. Miss Densmore undertook on her 

 own account a study of primitive Slovak music, 10 songs of which 

 were analyzed by the method employed in connection with Indian 

 songs, and these were found to contain interesting points of differ- 

 ence. 



Through the courtesy of Dr. Dayton C. Miller, of the Case School 

 of Applied Science in Cleveland, Miss Densmore procured graphic 

 evidence of peculiarities of drum and voice combination noted by ear 

 in Indian music. Doctor Miller made two photographs, about 30 feet 

 in length, each representing about 15 seconds' duration of sound. It 

 is the intention to utilize part of these as illustrations in the forth- 

 coming bulletin on Ute music, the songs photographed being Ute 

 dance songs with strong rhythmic peculiarities. 



Early in June Miss Densmore proceeded to the White Earth Res- 

 ervation, Minnesota, for the purpose of conducting a study of the 

 material culture of the Chippewa Indians, and at the close of the 

 year good progress was reported. 



