ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 21 



vSome progress has been made with the contributions to 

 Mexican archeologj^ and ethnology, to be edited by Prof. 

 Alfred M. Tozzer, of Harvard University, with a view of 

 their publication by the bureau as a bulletin. Dr. Paul 

 Radin has furnished a manuscript on Huave ; Dr. Haeberlin 

 has nearly completed the stud>' of modern Mexican tales, 

 collected by Dr. Boas and by Miss Isabel Ramirez Castaneda ; 

 and Dr. Boas has been engaged in the preparation of mate- 

 rial on certain tj^pes of ]\Iexican pottery and on an account 

 of a journey to Teul, Zacatecas. 



Prof. W. H. Holmes, of the National Museum, completed 

 for the bureau the preparation of part 1 of the Handbook of 

 American Antiquities (Bulletin 60), and at the close of the 

 year galley proofs of the entire work had been received and 

 were in process of revision. On account of the pressure of 

 more urgent work in connection with his official duties, only 

 limited progress was made in the preparation of part 2. 

 On April 21 Mr. Holmes made a brief visit to the museums 

 of Philadelphia and New York for the purpose of conducting 

 studies required in the preparation of this handbook. 



Miss Frances Densmore's field trip during the summer of 

 1915 for the purpose of continuing her studies of Indian 

 music comprised visits to three reservations and occupied 

 two and one-half months. Most of the time was spent 

 among the Mandan and Hidatsa, at Fort Berthold, N. Dak., 

 and during part of her sojourn Miss Densmore camped near 

 what is recognized as the last Mandan settlement, where she 

 was enabled to record many interesting data that could not 

 have been obtained in anj^ other way. The Indians felt 

 more free to sing there than at the agency, and Miss Dens- 

 more also had an opportunity to observe and photograph 

 native customs, notably those of tanning a hide and pre- 

 paring corn. The study of music on the Fort Berthold 

 Reservation included that pertaining to the ceremony con- 

 nected with eagle catching. An old eagle trap was visited 

 and photographed, and the songs of the leader in the eagle 

 camp were recorded by the only Mandan who had the 

 hereditary right to sing them. The songs of the Goose 

 Women Society and the Creek Women Society were also 



