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  ANNUAL 
  REPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1922. 
  

  

  at 
  this 
  point 
  came 
  from 
  Mexico 
  about 
  18 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  neither 
  

   they 
  nor 
  their 
  children 
  had 
  a 
  status 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  At 
  this 
  

   time, 
  however, 
  they 
  were 
  enrolled 
  under 
  the 
  Yuma 
  Agency, 
  Miss 
  

   Densmore 
  assisting 
  in 
  the 
  enrollment 
  by 
  writing 
  their 
  Cocopa 
  names 
  

   in 
  simple 
  phonetic 
  spelling. 
  Forty 
  Cocopa 
  songs 
  were 
  recorded, 
  

   comprising 
  songs 
  of 
  two 
  representative 
  dances 
  and 
  of 
  a 
  cremation 
  

   legend. 
  For 
  this 
  work 
  it 
  was 
  necessary 
  to 
  employ 
  two 
  interpreters. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  custom 
  of 
  both 
  Cocopa 
  and 
  Yuma 
  to 
  cremate 
  their 
  dead, 
  

   and 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  witnessed 
  a 
  Yuma 
  cremation 
  soon 
  after 
  her 
  arri- 
  

   val. 
  The 
  dead 
  man 
  had 
  been 
  a 
  leading 
  singer 
  at 
  cremations 
  and 
  the 
  

   ceremony 
  was 
  given 
  with 
  the 
  elaborateness 
  which 
  would 
  be 
  accorded 
  

   a 
  chief. 
  The 
  songs 
  were 
  very 
  old 
  and 
  are 
  seldom 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  pres- 
  

   ent 
  time. 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  obtained 
  phonographic 
  records 
  of 
  these 
  

   songs, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  the 
  Kurok 
  or 
  Memorial 
  ceremony 
  which 
  is 
  held 
  

   each 
  summer 
  for 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  persons 
  who 
  have 
  died 
  during 
  

   the 
  year. 
  Images 
  of 
  the 
  deceased 
  persons 
  are 
  carried 
  in 
  the 
  dances 
  

   of 
  the 
  Kurok 
  and 
  publicly 
  burned. 
  The 
  history 
  of 
  these 
  ceremonies, 
  

   with 
  the 
  songs, 
  was 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  oldest 
  man 
  who 
  is 
  an 
  au- 
  

   thority 
  on 
  the 
  subject. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  belief 
  of 
  these 
  people 
  that 
  the 
  spirit 
  

   departs 
  from 
  the 
  body 
  in 
  the 
  flame 
  of 
  the 
  cremation. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  musical 
  form 
  was 
  found 
  among 
  the 
  Yuma 
  and 
  Cocopa, 
  con- 
  

   sisting 
  of 
  a 
  "song 
  cycle" 
  which 
  required 
  an 
  entire 
  night 
  for 
  its 
  

   rendition 
  and 
  is 
  commonly 
  called 
  a 
  " 
  story." 
  Each 
  of 
  these 
  stories 
  

   has 
  its 
  designated 
  accompaniment. 
  Among 
  the 
  Yuma 
  the 
  accom- 
  

   panying 
  instruments 
  are 
  a 
  gourd 
  rattle 
  and 
  an 
  inverted 
  basket 
  struck 
  

   with 
  a 
  bundle 
  of 
  arrow- 
  weed, 
  a 
  willow 
  stick, 
  or 
  the 
  palm 
  of 
  the 
  hand. 
  

   Sometimes 
  two 
  bundles 
  of 
  arrow-weed 
  or 
  two 
  willow 
  sticks 
  are 
  used, 
  

   being 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  hand. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  these 
  instruments 
  were 
  

   obtained, 
  also 
  a 
  bamboo 
  flute 
  and 
  two 
  bamboo 
  flageolets. 
  The 
  music 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  phonographically 
  recorded. 
  The 
  Yuma 
  songs 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  treatment 
  of 
  the 
  sick, 
  those 
  of 
  games, 
  and 
  three 
  

   interesting 
  lullabies. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  Yaqui 
  was 
  conducted 
  at 
  Guadalupe 
  village, 
  

   near 
  Tempe, 
  Ariz. 
  The 
  older 
  Yaqui 
  in 
  this 
  village 
  were 
  born 
  in 
  

   Mexico. 
  These 
  Indians 
  have 
  received 
  no 
  favors 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  

   States 
  Government 
  and 
  support 
  themselves 
  by 
  manual 
  labor. 
  They 
  

   seem 
  happy 
  and 
  contented 
  in 
  their 
  little 
  desert 
  village. 
  Miss 
  Dens- 
  

   more 
  witnessed 
  their 
  deer 
  dance 
  and 
  later 
  recorded 
  the 
  songs 
  from 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  leading 
  singers, 
  a 
  native 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  The 
  occasion 
  of 
  the 
  

   dance 
  was 
  the 
  celebration 
  of 
  Easter 
  eve. 
  The 
  songs 
  were 
  accom- 
  

   panied 
  by 
  playing 
  upon 
  four 
  half 
  gourds. 
  The 
  Yaqui 
  have 
  two 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  forms 
  of 
  music, 
  one 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  entirely 
  native 
  and 
  the 
  

   other 
  showing 
  a 
  Mexican 
  or 
  Spanish 
  influence. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  transcribed 
  and 
  heard 
  during 
  the 
  

   past 
  year 
  were 
  accompanied 
  by 
  a 
  gourd 
  rattle, 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  unusual 
  

  

  