104 



s.M rriisdx lAX m is(1-:i.i,.\neous coi.uicTKjNs \'0L. 66 



The let^end of the orii^in of the flute was also ol)tained Ijy Miss 

 Densmore, and its nielod}' recorded phonoi^raphicall;'. The Society 

 of the Creek Women anions;- the Ahandan was also studied, and its 



Fk;. i2b. — Hidatsa wliistle i)laye(l by owner. 



Fi( 



-Old Alandan eartli 



son^s were recorded In' a member of the society. Other distinc- 

 tively Mandan songs are those connected with the sprinq-time 

 custom of " purifviui;- the corn," several son,gs of the last corn priest 



