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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  1929 
  

  

  of 
  129 
  pages 
  of 
  manuscript, 
  with 
  illustrations. 
  In 
  this 
  paper 
  is 
  a 
  

   full 
  and 
  detailed 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  discoidal 
  pipes, 
  ancient 
  and 
  

   modern, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Eastern 
  States, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  various 
  museums. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  assistance 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Grace 
  D. 
  Woodburn, 
  he 
  has 
  revised 
  

   the 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Osage 
  Dictionary. 
  There 
  are 
  approximately 
  19,000 
  

   words 
  of 
  the 
  Osage 
  language 
  in 
  common 
  use 
  among 
  the 
  tribe 
  with 
  

   English 
  equivalent; 
  about 
  17,000 
  English 
  words 
  with 
  Osage 
  tran- 
  

   scriptions 
  are 
  given. 
  The 
  words, 
  with 
  their 
  meanings, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  

   given 
  positively, 
  but 
  a 
  clear 
  idea 
  of 
  usage 
  has 
  been 
  made. 
  About 
  35 
  

   illustrations 
  have 
  been 
  completed 
  for 
  this 
  work. 
  

  

  SPECIAL 
  RESEARCHES 
  

  

  The 
  study 
  of 
  Indian 
  music 
  has 
  been 
  continued 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  

   year 
  by 
  Miss 
  Frances 
  Densmore, 
  a 
  collaborator 
  of 
  the 
  bureau. 
  

   Material 
  has 
  been 
  submitted 
  on 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Menominee, 
  Winne- 
  

   bago, 
  Pawnee, 
  Yuma, 
  Acoma, 
  and 
  the 
  Indians 
  living 
  on 
  the 
  Eraser, 
  

   Thompson, 
  and 
  Squamish 
  Elvers 
  in 
  British 
  Columbia 
  ; 
  also 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  

   group 
  of 
  songs 
  recorded 
  at 
  Anvik, 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  obtained 
  through 
  

   the 
  courtesy 
  of 
  Kev. 
  John 
  W. 
  Chapman. 
  A 
  comparison 
  of 
  the 
  songs 
  

   in 
  this 
  wide 
  territory 
  has 
  been 
  important 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   research. 
  

  

  Eight 
  manuscripts 
  have 
  been 
  submitted 
  with 
  the 
  following 
  titles 
  : 
  

   " 
  Menominee 
  Songs 
  of 
  Pleasure, 
  Dances, 
  and 
  Manabus 
  Legends 
  " 
  ; 
  

   '' 
  Songs 
  of 
  Indians 
  Living 
  on 
  the 
  Eraser, 
  Thompson, 
  and 
  Squamish 
  

   Rivers 
  in 
  British 
  Columbia 
  " 
  ; 
  " 
  Origin 
  Song 
  of 
  the 
  Dice 
  Game 
  and 
  

   Other 
  Winnebago 
  Songs 
  " 
  ; 
  " 
  Winnebago 
  Songs 
  Connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   Eecent 
  War 
  " 
  ; 
  and 
  17 
  analytical 
  tables 
  comparing 
  Pawnee 
  with 
  songs 
  

   previously 
  analyzed 
  ; 
  " 
  Winnebago 
  Songs 
  Connected 
  with 
  Legends, 
  

   Games, 
  and 
  Dances 
  " 
  ; 
  " 
  Acoma 
  Songs 
  of 
  the 
  Elower 
  Dance 
  and 
  Corn 
  

   Dance 
  " 
  ; 
  " 
  Acoma 
  Songs 
  Used 
  in 
  Treating 
  the 
  Sick 
  and 
  Other 
  

   Acoma 
  Songs 
  " 
  ; 
  and 
  " 
  A 
  Comparison 
  Between 
  Yuma, 
  Acoma, 
  and 
  

   Alaskan 
  Indian 
  Songs," 
  with 
  18 
  tables 
  of 
  analysis 
  of 
  Yuma 
  songs. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  songs 
  transcribed 
  and 
  analyzed 
  is 
  117, 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  

   number 
  of 
  dictaphone 
  song 
  records 
  were 
  studied 
  without 
  transcrip- 
  

   tion. 
  Miss 
  Densmore 
  corrected 
  the 
  proof 
  of 
  her 
  book 
  on 
  Papago 
  Music 
  

   and 
  the 
  galleys 
  of 
  Pawnee 
  Music; 
  the 
  final 
  work 
  of 
  preparing 
  the 
  

   Pawnee 
  material 
  for 
  publication 
  was 
  also 
  done 
  during 
  this 
  year. 
  

   A 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  work 
  was 
  done 
  upon 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  Menomi- 
  

   nee 
  and 
  Yuma 
  material 
  for 
  publications. 
  Catalogue 
  numbers 
  have 
  

   been 
  assigned 
  to 
  all 
  transcribed 
  songs, 
  except 
  the 
  Acoma, 
  the 
  highest 
  

   catalogue 
  number 
  in 
  her 
  series 
  being 
  1848. 
  

  

  During 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  1928, 
  a 
  field 
  trip 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  

   the 
  Winnebago 
  and 
  Menominee 
  Tribes 
  in 
  Wisconsin. 
  A 
  large 
  dance, 
  

   continuing 
  three 
  days, 
  was 
  held 
  by 
  the 
  Winnebago 
  near 
  Black 
  Riv<».r 
  

  

  