ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT a 
music, returned to Neah Bay, Wash., to continue her study 
of the music of the Makah and of Indians from Vancouver 
Island who have married members of the Makah tribe. 
_More than 140 songs were recorded, including a group of 
old songs obtained from a woman of the Quileute tribe, a 
particularly isolated tribe living south of Makah. 
An exceptional opportunity for the study of Indian 
music was afforded by the celebration of ‘‘Makah Day”’ 
on August 26 and by the rehearsals preceding this annual 
festivity. The program depicted the arrival of a visiting 
tribe and the entertainment which in the old days would 
have taken place on such an occasion. The Indians who 
took the part of visitors arrived in a gaily decorated boat 
and were formally welcomed and escorted to the place of 
entertainment, where dances were given by expert Makah 
dancers. Several of these dances were dramatic presenta- 
tions of tribal traditions. For example, it was the old 
belief of the Makah that many sorts of animals, birds, 
trees, and rocks were once human beings, and one of the 
most important dances was an impersonation of human 
beings who were the ancestors of the elk. 
The songs recorded at Neah Bay included the songs of 
the Makah Day dances, rendered by the leading singers, 
and songs of the ‘‘impersonation dances’? that formed . 
part of the Klokali ceremony. In these dances they for- 
merly impersonated the wolf, deer, and wild white geese. 
An interesting group of Clayoquot songs was addressed to 
the sea when the breakers were high and it was said ‘‘the 
sea always seemed to become calm soon after these songs 
were sung.’’ A phase of music hitherto unstudied in de- 
tail was the old composed song, distinct from the song re- 
ceived ina dream. It appears from data collected in two 
localities that physical motion was considered an aid to 
musical composition, some musicians composing while sit- 
ting in a swing, others while walking, and others (on the 
coast of British Columbia) while riding in a motor boat. 
After five weeks at Neah Bay Miss Densmore went to 
Chilliwack, British Columbia, where Indians from a wide 
