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songs," " Dream and war songs of the Papago Indians," " Cremation 

 and memorial ceremonies of the Yuma Indians, with related songs," 

 and "Lightning and medicine songs of the Yuma and Mohave In- 

 dians." This material comprised 93 pages of manuscript and 84 

 transcriptions of songs, together with the original phonographic 

 records and tabulated and descriptive analyses of the songs. The 

 two most interesting musical discoveries made in this work are the 

 presence in these tribes of songs which may be termd " pure melody 

 without tonality," and the independent and elaborated rhythm of 

 the accompanying instrument, either a gourd rattle or a basket drum. 

 In many instances the accompanying instrument is transcribed sep- 

 arately from the melody in order to show its peculiarities. 



During the summer of 1922 Miss Densmore visited the Chippewa 

 reservations at Lac Court Oreilles, Wis., and Leech Lake and Mille 

 Lac, Minn., collecting additional specimens of plants used in treating 

 the sick, and other data. 



In the spring of 1923 Mr. W. E. Myer, special archeologist, spent 

 several months investigating archeological remains in central Ten- 

 nessee. He visited the ancient mound group of the Banks Link farm 

 on Duck Eiver, in Humphreys County, Tenn., where was found the 

 celebrated cache of fine, long flint blades and other flint objects now 

 the pride of the collection of the Missouri Historical Society. He 

 made a map of this group and obtained additional information in 

 regard to these masterpieces of the ancient flint-chipper's art. 



Through the active aid of several citizens of Lincoln County he 

 was enabled to visit and study an important arid hitherto undescribed 

 mound group on Elk River, at the junction of Lincoln, Moore, and 

 Franklin Counties. He also obtained the definite location of over 

 75 unrecorded sites on which ancient man had lived in Lincoln 

 County. 



He explored a small burial mound and other vestiges of an ancient 

 Indian village on the lands of Mr. L. W. Denny, Goodlettsville, 

 Davidson County, Tenn., where he found 20 skeletons. There was 

 evidence that two different tribes had occupied this site at separate 

 times in the past, and the mound yielded a number of fine artifacts 

 which throw light on the life of the people. 



Mr. Myer spent two months exploring the remains of a great pre- 

 historic fortified Indian town in Cheatham County, Tenn., known as 

 the Great Mound Group on account of its great central mound. 

 With the assistance of Mr. Wilbur Nelson, State geologist of Tennes- 

 see, an excellent topographical map was made, and through the re- 

 peated efforts of Lieut. Norman McEwen, of the 136th Air Squadron, 

 Tennessee National Guard, some good airplane photographs of the 

 mound on the Harpeth River, near Kingston Springs, were secured. 



