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Isleta, Cochiti, and Seminole Indians. The cumulative anal- 

 yses of Indian songs has been continued and now com- 

 prises 1,553 songs. The 14 tables submitted during this 

 year constitute a comparison between a large series of 

 Nootka and Quileute songs and the songs previously analyzed 

 by the same method. 



The third phase of work comprised the preparation for 

 publication of ^'Menominee Music" and ^'Acoma Music." 



Frank M. Setzler, assistant curator, division of archeology, 

 United States National Museum, was detailed to the bureau 

 for the purpose of conducting an archeological investigation 

 in Texas. After briefly examining several sites at Victoria 

 and Brownsville along the Gulf coast, he excavated four 

 caves and one rock shelter on the Mollie B. Knight ranch, in 

 Presidio County, and visited several other caverns in the 

 vicinity. 



From one large cave a total of 70 specimens, including 

 baskets, matting, cradles, sandals, beads, corn, gourd shards, 

 and one skeleton, were recovered. No pottery or evidence 

 of European influence was found. Although the site is only 

 150 miles east of a marginal Basket-Maker culture, no local 

 trace was found of these early southwestern people. The 

 material differs in some respects from any other in the 

 Museum and more research will be required before it can be 

 definitely identified. 



EDITORIAL WORK AND PUBLICATIONS 



The editing of the publications of the bureau was con- 

 tinued through the year by Stanley Searles, editor, assisted 

 by Mrs. Frances S. Nichols, editorial assistant. The status 

 of the publications is presented in the following summary: 



PUBLICATIONS ISSUED 



Forty-fifth Annual Report. Accompanying papers: The Salishan 

 Tribes of the Western Plateaus (Teit, edited by Boas) ; Tattooing 

 and Face and Body Painting of the Thompson Indians, British 

 Columbia (Teit, edited by Boas) ; The Ethnobotany of the Thomp- 

 son Indians of British Columbia (Steedman); The Osage Tribe: 

 Rite of the Wa-xo-be (La Flesche). vii + 857 pp., 29 pis., 47 figs. 



