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p]xcellent progress has been made in the study and analy- 

 sis of Indian music, to which subject Miss Frances Dens- 

 more has devoted special attention. The principal work 

 in this direction has been the completion of the manuscript 

 on "Teton Sioux Music," consisting of 1,067 pages, in addi- 

 tion to transcriptions of 240 songs and al)out 100 illustra- 

 tions. This material was submitted in June for publica- 

 tion. Miss Densmore also made considerable progress in the 

 preparation of a paper on the music of the Ute Indians, 92 

 pages of manuscript, 28 transcriptions of songs, 11 analyses 

 of songs, and 8 original photographic illustrations being sub- 

 mitted. This work is not yet finished. 



Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr., ha^ continued the preparation of 

 the "Handbook of Aboriginal Remains East of the Missis- 

 sippi," under a small allotment by the bureau for this pur- 

 pose, and has madC Steady progress. During the year 

 circulars were addressed to county officials in those sec- 

 tions from which no information had been received, and 

 good results were obtained. The thanks of the bureau are 

 due Mr. Arthur C. Parker, State archeologist of New York, 

 for a large body of valuable data regarding the archeological 

 sites in New York, and to Mr. Warren K. Moorehead, of 

 Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., for similar information 

 respecting aboriginal remains in the State of Maine, derived 

 from his personal observations. 



Mr. James R. Murie, as opportunity offered, continued 

 his studies of the ceremonies of the Pawnee Indians, under 

 a small allotment by the bureau. During the year Mr. 

 Murie submitted, as a result of these investigations, a manu- 

 script of 266 pages on "The New Fire Ceremony " of the 

 Pawnee. 



Dr. A. L. Kroeber, of the University of California, has 

 made good progress in the preparation of the "Handbook 

 of the Indians of California." At the inception of this 

 work it was believed practicable to confine the treatment 

 to a very limited number of pages. By reason of the great 

 diversity in the languages and the culture of the Indians of 

 California, past and present, however, it was found that no 



