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ciples and institutions of the league additional interpretative 
and confirmatory information concerning certain critical 
passages in the native texts which he recorded in former 
field trips. 
Mr. Francis La Flesche, ethnologist, gave most of his time 
to the assembling of his notes on the child-naming rites and 
ceremonies of the Osage Indians. These ancient rites, with 
their ceremonies, are now practically obsolete, and it was 
fortunate that Mr. La Flesche succeeded in securing two of 
the remaining versions. The first was obtained from Wa- 
xthi’-zhi, a member of the I"-gtho"’-ga or Puma gens. This 
version will form the first part of the volume on this subject. 
The other version is that used by the Tsi’-zhu Wa-shta-ge, 
Peacemaker, gens. It was with considerable difficulty ob- 
tained from old Sho"’-ge-mo*-i", amember of the gens, who was 
very conservative and opposed to having any of the tribal rites 
go to strangers. Since the recording of these ancient rites 
that had been transmitted through many generations, both 
these No*/-ho"-zhi"-ga, Wa-xthi’-zhi and Sho"/-ge-mo?-i*, 
have died, and it is now doubtful if any member of the tribe 
could be found who is able to recite the rituals and go through 
the ceremonial forms in their entirety. 
Tsi’-zhu Wa-shta-ge version will form the second part of 
the volume, now nearing completion, which is to be called 
“Osage Child Naming Rites.’ 
Mr. W. E. Myer, special archeologist, on his return from 
field work in Tennessee, took up the preparation of his report 
on the remains of the great prehistoric Indian settlement 
known as the Great Mound Group in Cheatham County, 
Tenn., a preliminary account of which was given in last 
year’s report. This town is situated on the Harpeth River 
near Kingston Springs and is found in two clusters about 
a mile apart in the bend of the Harpeth River, covering 
about 500 acres. The fortification of the Great Mound 
Group was one of the finest prehistoric structures for defense 
made by the Indians of Tennessee. 
Nearly all the lower river bend, called the “ Mound Bot- 
tom”’ by the local people, contains evidences of walls, many 
of which have disappeared by long cultivation of the soil. 
