FOREWORD 
The songs comprised in this memoir were recorded among the 
White River, Uinta, and Uncompahgre bands of Ute in 1914 and 
1916, the research being conducted chiefly at Whiterocks, Utah. In 
number these songs are less than those of the Chippewa and Sioux 
previously studied by the writer,' yet they contain peculiarities which 
contribute materially to the study of Indian music. Certain songs 
are found which appear to be unformulated. These are described as 
“rudimentary songs,’ and a comparison between them and the accu- 
rately repeated songs forms one of the new features of the present 
work. 
An interesting contribution to this work is comprised in the tone 
photographs of portions of two of these songs, taken with the phono- 
deik and analyzed by Dr. Dayton C. Miller, head of the department 
of physics, Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio. This 
cooperation is gratefully acknowledged by the writer. 
Acknowledgment of assistance is tendered also to Fred Mart, a 
member of the Ute tribe, who acted as interpreter; to employees of 
the Uinta and Ouray agency at Fort Duchesne and Whiterocks, 
Utah; and to members of the staff of the Bureau of American 
Ethnology. 
The comparative analysis of Indian and Slovak songs was made 
possible by the courtesy of Mr. Ivan Daxner, secretary of the Slo- 
venian League of America. 
1 Chippewa Music, Bull. 45, Bur. Amer. Ethn., Washington, 1910; Chippewa Music, 11, Bull. 53, Bur. 
Amer. Ethn., 1913; Teton Sioux Music, Bull. 61, Bur. Amer. Ethn., 1918. 
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