﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
  65 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Harrington's 
  opinion 
  was 
  confirmed 
  that 
  the 
  southern 
  Cal- 
  

   ifornia 
  culture 
  has 
  many 
  curious 
  points 
  of 
  resemblance 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  

   the 
  Southwest. 
  Even 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  plumed 
  prayer 
  stick, 
  with 
  sand 
  

   paintings 
  and 
  the 
  ceremonial 
  use 
  of 
  meal 
  and 
  seeds, 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   also 
  among 
  the 
  Calif 
  ornians. 
  

  

  Twice 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Harrington 
  was 
  temporarily 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  the 
  Interior 
  for 
  special 
  archive 
  

   work. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  Washington. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  RESEARCHES. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  has 
  extended 
  her 
  

   study 
  of 
  Indian 
  music 
  by 
  recording 
  songs 
  among 
  the 
  Yuma, 
  Cocopa, 
  

   and 
  Yaqui 
  tribes, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  nine 
  tribes 
  among 
  whom 
  this 
  

   work 
  has 
  been 
  done. 
  Mohave 
  songs 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  two 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  that 
  tribe 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  Yuma 
  Reservation, 
  and 
  one 
  Maya 
  

   song 
  was 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  Yaqui 
  village. 
  Four 
  manuscripts 
  on 
  In- 
  

   dian 
  music 
  were 
  submitted, 
  the 
  titles 
  being 
  " 
  Songs 
  Concerning 
  

   Elder 
  Brother 
  and 
  His 
  People, 
  and 
  Other 
  Papago 
  Songs," 
  " 
  The 
  

   Rain 
  Ceremony 
  of 
  the 
  Papago," 
  "A 
  Cocopa 
  Legend 
  and 
  its 
  Songs," 
  

   and 
  " 
  Deer 
  Dance 
  Songs 
  of 
  the 
  Yuma, 
  Yaqui, 
  and 
  Maya 
  Indians." 
  

   In 
  addition 
  to 
  her 
  work 
  on 
  Indian 
  music 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  has 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  for 
  publication 
  two 
  books 
  on 
  Chippewa 
  culture 
  with 
  the 
  

   titles 
  " 
  Uses 
  of 
  Plants 
  by 
  the 
  Chippewa," 
  and 
  " 
  Chippewa 
  Arts 
  and 
  

   Customs." 
  The 
  former 
  book 
  contains 
  descriptions 
  of 
  the 
  uses 
  of 
  

   168 
  plants 
  in 
  medicine, 
  food, 
  dye, 
  charms, 
  and 
  general 
  utility, 
  the 
  

   section 
  on 
  medicine 
  being 
  in 
  tabulated 
  form 
  and 
  showing 
  the 
  uses 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  by 
  other 
  tribes, 
  where 
  such 
  use 
  is 
  recorded, 
  and 
  its 
  

   use 
  by 
  the 
  white 
  race, 
  if 
  such 
  occurs. 
  This 
  tabulation 
  shows 
  the 
  

   ailments 
  for 
  which 
  a 
  plant 
  was 
  used, 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  plant 
  utilized, 
  

   the 
  manner 
  of 
  its 
  preparation, 
  the 
  dosage, 
  and, 
  in 
  some 
  instances, 
  

   the 
  time 
  before 
  an 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  patient 
  was 
  

   expected. 
  The 
  latter 
  book 
  contains 
  sections 
  on 
  Chippewa 
  nouns 
  

   and 
  their 
  structure, 
  on 
  the 
  various 
  industries 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  tribe 
  

   maintained 
  itself, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  care 
  and 
  training 
  of 
  little 
  children. 
  

   New 
  material 
  was 
  submitted 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  two 
  manuscripts, 
  Cer- 
  

   tain 
  Customs 
  of 
  the 
  Chippewa 
  in 
  Ontario, 
  Canada, 
  and 
  Chippewa 
  

   Nouns 
  and 
  Their 
  Structure, 
  these 
  titles 
  corresponding 
  to 
  the 
  prin- 
  

   cipal 
  subjects 
  under 
  consideration. 
  Three 
  brief 
  trips 
  in 
  Minnesota 
  

   and 
  Wisconsin 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  this 
  work. 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  also 
  read 
  

   the 
  page 
  proof 
  of 
  her 
  book 
  on 
  Northern 
  Ute 
  Music. 
  

  

  In 
  February, 
  1922, 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  went 
  to 
  Yuma, 
  Ariz., 
  where 
  

   she 
  remained 
  six 
  weeks. 
  During 
  that 
  time 
  she 
  made 
  a 
  brief 
  trip 
  

   to 
  a 
  Cocopa 
  settlement 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  Colorado 
  River 
  and 
  about 
  

   6 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Mexican 
  boundary. 
  The 
  older 
  Cocopa 
  living 
  

  

  