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were faint the man would die. The response was said to 

 have been satisfactory, and accordingly he instituted a 

 ''beneficial dance," which was attended by Miss Densmore, 

 and the songs heard for a considerable time. These, like the 

 songs in the tipi, resembled the songs of the Chippewa Grand 

 Medicine Society. 



The study of Indian music was continued by a trip to 

 Kilbourn, Wis., during August and September. Two pag- 

 eants are given simultaneously at the Dalles of the Wisconsin 

 River, near Kilbourn, each employing about 100 Indians. 

 In the pageants the swan and hoop dance, as well as war and 

 social dances of the Winnebago, were seen. The dances of 

 other tribes presented in the pageants included the eagle 

 dance and other pueblo dances. Songs of the swan, hoop, 

 and frog dances were later recorded by leading pageant 

 singers. 



At Kilbourn Miss Densmore recorded numerous songs of 

 Pueblo Indians from Isleta and Cochiti, these consisting 

 chiefly of corn-grinding and war songs. The words of these 

 songs are highly poetic and many of the melodies resemble 

 Acoma songs in structure. 



As John Bearskin and his family were traveling from Kil- 

 bourn to their home in Nebraska they passed through Red 

 Wing, Minn., and songs were recorded at Miss Densmore's 

 home. Bearskin recorded three complete sets of the Winne- 

 bago medicine lodge songs and a set of Buffalo feast songs. 



In January, 1931, Miss Densmore went to Washington, 

 where she worked on the preparation of material for publi- 

 cation, and proceeded thence to Miami, Fla., where she 

 began a study of Seminole music, recording songs of the 

 corn dance from the man who leads the singing in that 

 ceremony; also the songs that precede a hunting expedition. 

 The customs of the Seminole were studied and a collection 

 of specimens was obtained. This collection includes two 

 complete costumes and is now the property of the United 

 States National Museum. 



The second phase of the research is represented by eight 

 manuscripts which include the transcriptions and analyses 

 of 77 songs and two flute melodies recorded by Winnebago, 



