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the various industries by which the tribe maintained itself, 
and on the care and training of little children. New material 
was submitted in the form of two manuscripts, Certain Cus- 
toms of the Chippewa in Ontario, Canada, and Chippewa 
Nouns and Their Structure, these titles corresponding to the 
principal subjects under consideration. Three brief trips in 
Minnesota and Wisconsin were made for this work. Miss 
Densmore also read the page proof of her book on Northern 
Ute Music. 
In February, 1922, Miss Densmore went to Yuma, Ariz., 
where she remained six weeks. During that time she made a 
brief trip to a Cocopa settlement located near the Colorado 
River and about 6 miles from the Mexican boundary. The 
older Cocopa living at this point came from Mexico about 18 
years ago and neither they nor their children had a status in 
the United States. At this time, however, they were en- 
rolled under the Yuma Agency, Miss Densmore assisting in 
the enrollment by writing their Cocopa names in simple 
‘phonetic spelling. Forty Cocopa songs were recorded, com- 
prising songs of two representative dances and of a crema- 
tion legend. For this work it was necessary to employ two 
interpreters. 
It is the custom of both Cocopa and Yuma to cremate their 
dead, and Miss Densmore witnessed a Yuma cremation soon 
after her arrival. The dead man had been a leading singer 
at cremations and the ceremony was given with the elabo- 
rateness which would be accorded a chief. The songs were 
very old and are seldom used at the present time. Miss 
Densmore obtained phonographic records of these songs, as 
. well as of the Kurok or memorial ceremony which is held 
each summer for the more important persons who have died 
during the year. Images of the deceased persons are carried 
in the dances of the Kurok and publicly burned. The history 
of these ceremonies, with the songs, was obtained from the 
oldest man who is an authority on the subject. It is the 
belief of these people that the spirit departs from the body 
in the flame of the cremation. 
A new musical form was found among the Yuma and 
Cocopa, consisting of a “song cycle’’ which required an 
