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explained that it points to the story of the people of the Tsi-zhu gens 
and subgentes, who when they came from the sky to the earth, 
alighted upon seven red oak trees. The alighting of the people on 
the tops of the trees sent down showers of acorns, and a voice spoke, 
saying, “ Your little ones shall be as numerous as the acorns that 
fall from these trees.” About 1,991 gentile names have been recorded, 
covering 83 pages. The translations of the names are yet to be made. 
Doctor La Flesche also spent three weeks assisting Mr. De Lancey 
Gill, illustrator, in classifying negatives of photographs of Ponca; 
Omaha, and Osage Indians. 
A vocabulary of the Osage language has also been started by Doc- 
tor La Flesche and Dr. John R. Swanton. So far some 3,000 or more 
words have been recorded with translations. 
SPECIAL RESEARCHES 
The research in Indian music by Miss Frances Densmore during 
this fiscal year has been marked by the collecting and developing of 
extensive material among the Menominee of Wisconsin, and the com- 
pletion of the book on Papago music which is now ready for publica- 
tion. The proof of the book on The Music of the Tule Indians of 
Panama was read, and the text of Pawnee Music (apart from 
analyses) was retyped, putting it in final form. 
The titles of the manuscripts furnished to the bureau during the 
fiscal year are as follows: “ Songs connected with ceremonial games 
and adoption dances of the Menominee Indians,” ‘“‘ Menominee songs 
connected with hunting bundles, war bundles and the moccasin 
game,” “ Menominee songs connected with a boy’s fast, also dream 
songs, love songs, and flute melodies,” “ Dream dance songs of the 
Menominee Indians,” “Songs used in the treatment of the sick by 
Menominee Indians,” and “ Menominee war songs and other songs.” 
The Menominee Indians have been in contact with civilization for 
many years but retain their old customs to a remarkable degree. 
Miss Densmore attended a meeting of their Medicine Lodge (corre- 
sponding to the Chippewa Grand Medicine), at which two persons 
were initiated. She witnessed the ceremony for about four hours, 
listening to the songs, and presented tobacco which was received in a 
ceremonial manner. She was also present at a gathering where a 
lacrosse gr.me was played “in fulfilment of a dream,” and witnessed 
the similar playing of a “dice and bowl” game by a woman who had 
dreamed of the “ four spirit women in the east” and been instructed 
by them to play the game once each year. 
The songs of the Dream Dance received extended consideration, the 
dance having been witnessed in 1910. 
Among the interesting war songs were those connected with the 
enlistment and service of Menominee in the Civil War, with the 
