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sung by those who inherited them and were recorded phono- 

 graphically. Among these are the ceremonial songs sung 

 by the "corn priest" in the spring to fructify the seed corn. 

 Songs of war and of the various men's societies were also 

 recorded. The total number of songs from this reservation 

 now transcribed exceeds 100. 



A new phase of the work was that of ascertaining the pitch 

 discrimination of the Indians by means of tuning forks. 

 This was begun at Fort Berthold and continued for compar- 

 ative purposes at the Standing Rock ' and White Earth 

 Reservations. Data from four tribes are now available on 

 this subject of research. 



Miss Densmore read all the galley and part of the page 

 proofs of the bulletin on Teton Sioux Music. Important 

 additions were made to this book in the form of graphic 

 representations, original plots of 240 songs and 18 diagrams 

 having been made to exhibit the results obtained through 

 mathematical analyses. Of these graphic representations 

 63 will appear in the bulletin. One hundred and fifty pages 

 of manuscript were submitted during the year, in addition 

 to the descriptive analyses of the songs. 



In the preparation of the Handbook of Aboriginal Re- 

 mains East of the Mississippi, Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr., added 

 much new material. Many letters were sent to county 

 officials in New England requesting information regarding 

 the location of ancient village sites, burial places, and other 

 traces of aboriginal occupancy in their respective areas. 

 Many of the replies contained valuable and interesting infor- 

 mation. Letters of like nature were addressed to officials 

 in the Southern States, and the replies were equally satis- 

 factory. Numerous photographs have been received from 

 various sources, which will serve as illustrations for the 

 handbook, but it is desired to increase the number if pos- 

 sible. The manuscript of the handbook will probably be 

 completed during the next fiscal year. 



Dr. Walter Hough, of the National Museum, was detailed 

 to the bureau in June for the purpose of conducting archeo- 

 logical investigations in western central New Mexico. Pro- 

 ceeding to Luna, Socorro County, Dr. Hough commenced 



