ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT 35 
ington was spent working out English translations of various 
Fox texts written in the current syllabary on mortuary 
customs and observances, as well as one or two folk tales. 
Doctor Michelson left Washington in the latter part of May, 
1921, to renew his researches among the Sauk and Fox of 
Iowa. Arriving at Tama near the end of the month, Doctor 
Michelson spent nearly all his time on Fox mortuary cus- 
toms and observances, mentioned above, with a view to 
their publication by the bureau. The Indian texts were 
restored phonetically, the translations corrected where 
needed, a grammatical analysis begun, and additional data 
secured, so that with the close of the fiscal year only about 
two weeks more of field work was necessary to complete the 
preparation of the volume so far as practical in the field. 
He took advantage of a favorable opportunity just before 
the end of the year to obtain data on the society called 
“Ki wa ka mo A ki.” 
While in the field and also in the office Doctor Michelson 
corrected proofs of Bulletin 72, The Owl Sacred Pack of the 
Fox Indians. 
SPECIAL RESEARCHES 
Special researches in the field were conducted by Miss 
Frances Densmore, Mr. W. E. Myer, Prof. J. E. Pearce, Mr. 
Gerard Fowke, and Mr. J. A. Jeancon. 
Four manuscripts have been submitted by Miss Frances 
Densmore during the year, entitled “ Papago Songs,” “ Leg- 
end Music of the Papago,” “Songs Connected With Expedi- 
tions to Obtain Salt,” and ‘ Viikita and Wakita Ceremonies 
of the Papago.” This material comprises 148 pages of text, 
75 transcriptions of songs (with phonographie records and 
technical analyses), and 27 photographic illustrations. 
In September Miss Densmore resumed her work on Papago 
music, and in December, 1920, returned to the Papago 
Reservation in Arizona, where she had worked a few months 
previously. She revisited San Xavier, but her work centered 
at Sells, formerly called Indian Oasis, but now the location 
of the Papago agency. ‘Trips were made from there to 
Santa Rosa village, in the extreme north, and to Vomari 
