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  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY. 
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  musical 
  value, 
  both 
  in 
  pleasing 
  melody 
  and 
  rhythmic 
  interest. 
  This 
  

   suggests 
  an 
  inquiry 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  songs 
  accompanied 
  by 
  the 
  rattle 
  

   are 
  generally 
  more 
  musical 
  than 
  those 
  accompanied 
  by 
  the 
  drum. 
  

   It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Yuma 
  and 
  Cocopa 
  

   resemble 
  each 
  other 
  but 
  differ 
  entirely 
  from 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Papago 
  

   who 
  live 
  adjoining 
  them. 
  The 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Yaqui, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  observed, 
  

   differ 
  from 
  both 
  these 
  tribes 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  frequent 
  use 
  of 
  rests. 
  The 
  

   rhythm 
  of 
  the 
  rattle 
  in 
  Yuma 
  and 
  Cocopa 
  performances 
  is 
  more 
  

   elaborate 
  and 
  contains 
  more 
  frequent 
  changes 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  ac- 
  

   companying 
  instrument 
  in 
  any 
  tribe 
  thus 
  far 
  studied. 
  A. 
  correspond- 
  

   ence 
  between 
  the 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  song 
  and 
  the 
  progressions 
  of 
  the 
  

   melody 
  is 
  particularly 
  evident 
  in 
  these 
  songs. 
  

  

  Early 
  in 
  March, 
  1922, 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  T. 
  Waterman, 
  ethnologist, 
  proceeded 
  

   to 
  Alaska, 
  under 
  temporary 
  appointment 
  in 
  the 
  bureau, 
  with 
  instruc- 
  

   tions 
  from 
  the 
  chief 
  to 
  scrutinize 
  certain 
  native 
  towns 
  in 
  southeastern 
  

   Alaska. 
  His 
  purpose 
  was 
  to 
  ascertain 
  how 
  many 
  totemic 
  monuments 
  

   exist 
  there, 
  and 
  to 
  get 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  carvings. 
  The 
  

   place 
  of 
  special 
  interest 
  was 
  a 
  former 
  settlement 
  of 
  Alaskan 
  Haicla, 
  

   known 
  as 
  Kasaan. 
  It 
  was 
  possible 
  during 
  the 
  three 
  months 
  that 
  

   Doctor 
  Waterman 
  spent 
  in 
  Alaska 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  rapid 
  survey 
  not 
  only 
  

   of 
  Kasaan 
  but 
  of 
  the 
  towns 
  known 
  as 
  Village 
  Island, 
  Tongass, 
  Cape 
  

   Fox, 
  Klinkwan, 
  Howkan, 
  Sukwan, 
  Klawak, 
  and 
  Tuxekan. 
  Some 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  interesting 
  monuments, 
  including 
  many 
  tall 
  and 
  imposing 
  

   totem 
  poles, 
  were 
  examined 
  and 
  photographed. 
  Charts 
  or 
  sketch 
  

   maps 
  were 
  brought 
  back 
  from 
  the 
  field, 
  which 
  show 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   monuments 
  still 
  standing 
  in 
  each 
  town 
  and 
  their 
  state 
  of 
  preserva- 
  

   tion. 
  The 
  observer 
  was 
  fairly 
  successful 
  in 
  obtaining 
  from 
  the 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  an 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  carvings 
  on 
  the 
  poles, 
  which 
  

   have 
  never 
  been 
  adequately 
  described. 
  In 
  many 
  cases 
  the 
  carvings 
  

   refer 
  to 
  mythical 
  tales, 
  which 
  are 
  often 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  interesting 
  type. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  totemic 
  monuments, 
  the 
  observer 
  

   recorded 
  a 
  relatively 
  complete 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  native 
  place 
  names 
  in 
  the 
  

   southeastern 
  part 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  Many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  these 
  names 
  were 
  

   entered 
  on 
  the 
  map 
  of 
  the 
  region, 
  and 
  translations 
  and 
  explanations 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  Indians. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  fairly 
  complete 
  for 
  

   the 
  area 
  covered. 
  

  

  Under 
  further 
  instructions 
  from 
  the 
  chief, 
  Doctor 
  Waterman 
  ex- 
  

   amined 
  the 
  coast 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  Alaska 
  which 
  he 
  visited, 
  with 
  a 
  

   view 
  to 
  discovering 
  sites 
  where 
  archeological 
  excavations 
  might 
  

   possibly 
  be 
  conducted. 
  The 
  results 
  of 
  this 
  work 
  were 
  largely 
  nega^ 
  

   tive. 
  As 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact 
  only 
  one 
  site 
  was 
  found 
  where 
  there 
  seemed 
  

   to 
  be 
  archeological 
  remains. 
  This 
  hasty 
  survey 
  seemed 
  to 
  indicate 
  

   that 
  archeological 
  remains 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  Alaska 
  are 
  extremely 
  

   scanty. 
  

  

  