﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  SECRETARY 
  73 
  

  

  probably 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  period 
  and 
  just 
  prior 
  to 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  

   the 
  pre-Puebloan 
  stage. 
  

  

  Fourteen 
  burials 
  were 
  found 
  and 
  only 
  three 
  had 
  accompanying 
  

   mortuary 
  offerings. 
  The 
  latter 
  was, 
  in 
  each 
  case, 
  a 
  bowl. 
  Unfor- 
  

   tunately 
  the 
  skeletons 
  were 
  in 
  such 
  a 
  poor 
  state 
  of 
  preservation 
  that 
  

   in 
  all 
  but 
  three 
  instances 
  their 
  removal 
  was 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  question. 
  None 
  

   of 
  the 
  skulls 
  was 
  deformed, 
  a 
  typical 
  Pueblo 
  trait, 
  and 
  all 
  were 
  

   dolichocephals 
  or 
  " 
  longheads." 
  A 
  detailed 
  map 
  w^as 
  made. 
  

  

  ^ 
  SPECIAL 
  RESEARCHES 
  

  

  The 
  research 
  in 
  Indian 
  music 
  was 
  conducted 
  in 
  a 
  wider 
  field 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  year 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  year 
  preceding. 
  In 
  July, 
  1926, 
  Miss 
  

   Frances 
  Densmore, 
  collaborator 
  in 
  Indian 
  music, 
  returned 
  to 
  Neah 
  

   Bay, 
  Wash., 
  to 
  continue 
  her 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  music 
  of 
  the 
  Makah 
  and 
  of 
  

   Indians 
  from 
  Vancouver 
  Island 
  who 
  have 
  married 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Makah 
  Tribe. 
  More 
  than 
  140 
  songs 
  were 
  recorded, 
  including 
  a 
  

   group 
  of 
  old 
  songs 
  obtained 
  from 
  a 
  woman 
  of 
  the 
  Quileute 
  Tribe, 
  a 
  

   particularly 
  isolated 
  tribe 
  living 
  south 
  of 
  Makah. 
  

  

  An 
  exceptional 
  opportunity 
  for 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  Indian 
  music 
  was 
  

   afforded 
  by 
  the 
  celebration 
  of 
  " 
  Makah 
  Day 
  " 
  on 
  August 
  26 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  rehearsals 
  preceding 
  this 
  annual 
  festivity. 
  The 
  program 
  de- 
  

   picted 
  the 
  arrival 
  of 
  a 
  visiting 
  tribe 
  and 
  the 
  entertainment 
  which 
  in 
  

   the 
  old 
  clays 
  would 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  on 
  such 
  an 
  occasion. 
  The 
  In- 
  

   dians 
  who 
  took 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  visitors 
  arrived 
  in 
  a 
  gaily 
  decorated 
  boat 
  

   and 
  were 
  formally 
  welcomed 
  and 
  escorted 
  to 
  the 
  place 
  of 
  entertain- 
  

   ment, 
  where 
  dances 
  were 
  given 
  by 
  expert 
  Makah 
  dancers. 
  Several 
  of 
  

   these 
  dances 
  v/ere 
  dramatic 
  presentations 
  of 
  tribal 
  traditions. 
  For 
  ex- 
  

   ample, 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  old 
  belief 
  of 
  the 
  Makah 
  that 
  many 
  sorts 
  of 
  animals, 
  

   birds, 
  trees, 
  and 
  rocks 
  were 
  once 
  human 
  beings, 
  and 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  

   important 
  dances 
  was 
  an 
  impersonation 
  of 
  human 
  beings 
  who 
  were 
  

   the 
  ancestors 
  of 
  the 
  elk. 
  

  

  The 
  songs 
  recorded 
  at 
  Neah 
  Bay 
  included 
  the 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  Makah 
  

   Day 
  dances, 
  rendered 
  by 
  the 
  leading 
  singers, 
  and 
  songs 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  imper- 
  

   sonation 
  dances 
  " 
  that 
  formed 
  part 
  of 
  tlie 
  Klokali 
  ceremony. 
  In 
  

   these 
  dances 
  they 
  formerly 
  impersonated 
  the 
  wolf, 
  deer, 
  and 
  wild 
  

   white 
  geese. 
  An 
  interesting 
  group 
  of 
  Clayoquot 
  songs 
  was 
  addressed 
  

   to 
  the 
  sea 
  wdien 
  the 
  breakers 
  were 
  high 
  and 
  it 
  v/as 
  said 
  " 
  the 
  sea 
  

   always 
  seemed 
  to 
  become 
  calm 
  soon 
  after 
  these 
  songs 
  were 
  sung.'' 
  A 
  

   phase 
  of 
  music 
  hitherto 
  unstudied 
  in 
  detail 
  was 
  the 
  old 
  composed 
  

   song, 
  distinct 
  from 
  the 
  song 
  received 
  in 
  a 
  dream. 
  It 
  appears 
  from 
  

   data 
  collected 
  in 
  two 
  localities 
  that 
  physical 
  motion 
  was 
  considered 
  

   an 
  aid 
  to 
  musical 
  composition, 
  some 
  musicians 
  composing 
  w^hile 
  

   sitting 
  in 
  a 
  swing, 
  others 
  while 
  walking, 
  and 
  others 
  (on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   British 
  Columbia) 
  while 
  riding 
  in 
  a 
  motor 
  boat. 
  

  

  