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songs of which were analyzed by the method employed in 
connection with Indian songs, and these were found to con- 
tain interesting points of difference. 
Through the courtesy of Dr. Dayton C. Miller, of the Case 
School of Applied Science in Cleveland, Miss Densmore 
procured graphic evidence of peculiarities of drum and voice 
combination noted by ear in Indian music. Dr. Miller 
made two photographs, about 30 feet in length, each repre- 
senting about 15 seconds’ duration of sound. _ It is the inten- 
tion to utilize part of these as illustrations in the forthcom- 
ing bulletin on Ute music, the songs photographed being 
Ute dance songs with strong rhythmic peculiarities. 
Early in June Miss Densmore proceeded to the White 
Earth Reservation, Minnesota, for the purpose of conduct- 
ing a study of the material culture of the Chippewa Indians, 
and at the close of the year good progress was reported. 
Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr., continued the preparation of the 
manuscript for the Handbook of Aboriginal Remains East 
of the Mississippi, about 50,000 words being added to the 
material previously furnished, not including a portion that 
was rewritten as a result of a discovery of new and valuable 
information pertaining to certain localities. Introductions 
to the archeology of various States remain to be written, 
but it is believed that both the manuscript and the illustra- 
tions for the entire bulletin will be completed before the 
close of the fiscal year 1918. 
Under the joint auspices of the bureau and the National 
Museum Dr. A. Hrdli¢ka visited in October, 1916, a site at 
Vero, Fla., at which were found certain human remains 
reputed to be of great antiquity. As a summary account 
of Dr. Hrdlitka’s observations has already appeared in 
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (vol. 66, no. 17, pp. 
24-29, 1917) and an extended report will be published in 
Bulletin 66 of the bureau, now in press, it need only be men- 
tioned that a thorough inquiry has resulted decisively 
against the assumption of great antiquity of the remains. 
The pottery and the bone and stone objects found in asso- 
ciation with the human burials are identical with similar 
artifacts of the Florida and other southeastern Indians, 
