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dog with the rope still around the neck. Tipi-poles, cooking 

 utensils, children's toys, and clothing were among the articles placed 

 on the graves of their owners. 



The work of last summer emphasizes the close connection between 

 the music of the Indians and the beliefs or ceremonies which 

 they hold most sacred, and in this lies one of the advantages 

 in the study of Indian music. If an Indian consents to sing a song 

 he appears willing to give information which might be difficult to 

 secure in any other manner. An instance of this is the narration of 

 personal dreams or visions, and the relation of ceremonial duties by 

 those who have held responsible positions in native ceremonies. The 

 collection of Indian songs for preservation and for analysis is impor- 

 tant, but the recording of these songs also opens the way for the 

 securing of interesting and valuable descriptive material. 



ETHNOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AMONG THE KALAPUYA 



INDIANS 



Dr. Frachtenberg left Washington on July 6, 1914, going directly 

 to Oregon for the purpose of concluding his investigations of the 

 language, mythology, and culture of the Kalapuya Indians which 

 he had commenced during the previous fiscal year. After a short 

 trip to the Siletz and Grande Ronde agencies in northwestern 

 Oregon, made with the object in view of interviewing all available 

 informants, he proceeded to the United States Indian Training 

 School situated at Chemawa, where he was soon joined, first by Grace 

 Wheeler and, later on, by William Hartless. These two Kalapuya 

 Indians were his chief informants, and he worked with them during 

 the months of August, September, October, November, and part of 

 December. This work was brought to a conclusion by a stay at the 

 Grande Ronde agency that lasted from December 13 until December 

 20; this brief time was spent mainly in collecting material for a 

 comparative study of the Kalapuya dialects. A planned trip to the 

 Yakima reservation for the purpose of interviewing the sole survivor 

 of the Atfalati tribe had to be abandoned, owing chiefly to the lack 

 of funds. 



Dr. Frachtenberg's field work proved highly successful. He 

 obtained 30 myths, tales, historical narratives, and ethnographic 

 descriptions, told in the various Kalapuya dialects, an unusually large 

 amount of grammatical notes, sufficient material for a linguistic map 

 of the several Kalapuya dialects, and some data on Kalapuya 

 ethnology. 



