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ment and the dance steps were faithfully studied and the 
words were exhaustively compared with the corresponding 
prose forms. 
Mr. Harrington’s opinion was confirmed that the southern 
California culture has many curious points of resemblance 
with that of the Southwest. Even the Pueblo plumed 
prayer stick, with sand paintings and the ceremonial use of 
meal and seeds, have been found also among the Californians. 
Twice during the fiscal year Mr. Harrmgton was tem- 
porarily transferred to the Department of the Interior for 
special archive work. At the close of the fiscal year he 
returned to Washington. 
SPECIAL RESEARCHES 
During the past year Miss Frances Densmore has extended 
her study of Indian music by recording songs among the 
Yuma, Cocopa, and Yaqui tribes, making a total of nine 
tribes among whom this work has been done. Mohave songs 
were obtained from two members of that tribe living on the 
Yuma Reservation, and one Maya song was recorded in the 
Yaqui village. Four manuscripts on Indian music were sub- 
mitted, the titles being “Songs Concerning Elder Brother 
and His People, and Other Papago Songs,” “The Rain Cere- 
mony of the Papago,” ‘‘A Cocopa Legend and its Songs,” 
and “ Deer Dance Songs of the Yuma, Yaqui, and Maya 
Indians.” In addition to her work on Indian music Miss 
Densmore has completed for publication two books on 
Chippewa culture with the titles “Uses of Plants by the 
Chippewa,” and “ Chippewa Customs.” The former book 
contains descriptions of the uses of 168 plants in medi- 
cine, food, dye, charms, and general utility, the section on 
medicine being in tabulated form and showing the uses of 
the plant by other tribes, where such use is recorded, and its 
use by the white race, if such occurs. This tabulation shows 
the ailments for which a plant was used, the part of the plant 
utilized, the manner of its preparation, the dosage, and, in 
some instances, the time before an improvement in the con- 
dition of the patient was expected. The latter book con- 
tains sections on Chippewa nouns and their structure, on 
