1 BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
sisted exclusively of working out a grammatical analysis of 
the Indian text of his manuscript on the White Buffalo Dance, 
in order to make a vocabulary for the same. He returned to 
Washington near the middle of September, when he resumed 
his work on the Indian text, as well as the vocabulary. The 
manuscript was submitted in March, 1920. 
During the winter Doctor Michelson worked on the manu- 
script of the White Buffalo Dance; he also spent some time 
on a rough translation of an autobiography of a Fox Indian 
woman written in the current syllabary. This translation 
was based on a paraphrase in English written by Horace 
Poweshiek. In the middle of June he left for Tama, Iowa, to 
restore the syllabary text phonetically, to further work out 
a grammatical analysis to enable him to add a suitable 
vocabulary, to elucidate a number of ethnological points, 
and to correct the translation ina number of places. By 
the close of the fiscal year he entirely restored the text 
phonetically. 
In addition, Doctor Michelson has furnished data for official 
correspondence. 
SPECIAL RESEARCHES 
In addition to the work of members of the staff mentioned 
in their reports above, the bureau has employed others in 
ethnological and archeological researches. 
Mr. Neil M. Judd, curator of American archeology in the 
United States National Museum, was detailed in June to 
complete a report on his work for the bureau in previous 
seasons in southeastern Utah. At the time of writing no 
report on this work has been received. 
Miss Frances Densmore resumed work on the Pawnee songs 
on September 1, 1919. Transcriptions and analyses of 58 
Pawnee songs have been submitted during the year. These 
comprise songs of the Morning Star ceremony and of the 
Buffalo Dance, the Bear Dance, and the Lance Dance. In 
April, 1920, she visited the Pawnees a second time and was 
permitted to enter the lodge during the Morning Star cere- 
mony and to see the contents of the “sacred bundle.” This 
bundle is opened once a year. (It is said that only one other 
