ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT Bi 
Mr. W. H. Holmes, of the National Museum, continued his 
work on the preparation of the Handbook of American An- 
tiquities for the bureau, reaching the practical completion of 
part 1 and making much headway in the preparation of part 
2; progress in this work, however, was necessarily delayed 
owing to the pressure of many duties connected with a head 
curatorship in the National Museum. 
During August, 1913, Mr. Holmes made a visit to Luray, 
Virginia, for the further study of an ancient village site near 
that place and the examination of certain implement-making 
sites in the vicinity. In June he visited Missouri for the pur- 
pose of studying certain collections owned in St. Louis and 
for the reexamination of an ancient iron and paint mine at 
Leslie. It was found, however, that recent mining opera- 
tions had been carried so far that traces of the aboriginal 
work at the mine were practically obliterated, and besides the 
mine was found to be filled with water, making effective 
examination impossible. From St. Louis he proceeded to 
Chicago, where studies were made of certain collections with 
a view of obtaining data necessary to the completeness of the 
Handbook of American Antiquities. 
In her studies of Indian music Miss Frances Densmore made 
two trips to the Standing Rock Reservation, South Dakota 
(one in July and August, 1913, and one in June, 1914), where 
she engaged in investigations at Bullhead, McLaughlin, and 
the vicinity of the Martin Kenel School. This research com- 
pleted the field work for the proposed volume of Sioux music, 
the material for which, subsequently prepared for publica- 
tion, consists of 323 pages of manuscript, 98 musical tran- 
scriptions of songs, 20 technical analyses of songs, and 33 
original illustrations. 
The practical use which musical composers are making of 
the results of Miss Densmore’s studies is very gratifying. Mr. 
Carl Busch has adapted for orchestral purposes four of the 
songs rendered by Miss Densmore and published by the bu- 
reau, as follows: (1) Chippewa Vision, (2) Farewell to the 
Warriors, (3) Love Song, (4) Lullaby. Mr. Heinrich Ham- 
mer, of Washington, has composed a Sun Dance Rhapsody 
