52 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1912. 



Dr. Boas has followed out the policy of printing texts illustrating 

 the grammatical sketches in a series which according to the original 

 plan were to have been published as bulletins of the bureau, but this 

 plan was abandoned for administrative reasons. During the present 

 year the series of Tsimshian texts, illustrating the Tsimshian dialect, 

 was published as Volume III of the Publications of the American 

 Ethnological Society, and the series of Maidu texts as Volume IV 

 of the same series. These illustrate languages contained in part 1 

 of the Handbook, so that now texts for all the languages therein 

 treated are available to students. 



The printing of the Coos texts, by Dr. Frachtenberg, which are to 

 appear as Volume I of the Columbia University Contributions to 

 Anthropology, has almost been completed, and the printed matter 

 has been utilized to illustrate the sketch of the language. 



The research in Indian music by Miss Frances Densmore was 

 characterized by the completion of her studies among the Chippewa 

 and the beginning of investigations along similar lines among the 

 Sioux. Miss Densmore's field work comprised one month with the 

 Sioux on the Sisseton Reservation in South Dakota, about two 

 months on Standing Eock Reservation in North Dakota, and a few 

 days on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota for the final 

 revision of some descriptions and translations in her Chippewa 

 manuscripts. The finished results submitted during the year com- 

 prised material on both Chippewa and Sioux music. Two papers on 

 Chippewa studies were presented, one entitled " Further Analyses 

 of Chippewa Songs," the other bearing the title " Deductions from the 

 Analysis of Chippewa Music." In addition Miss Densmore finished 

 about 100 pages that included additional references to the bibliography 

 of the subject, a more complete explanation of minor points, some 

 linguistic analyses, and slight changes in the analysis of individual 

 songs to conform with present methods — all this was complete for 

 publication when submitted. Her paper on " The Sun Dance of the 

 Teton Sioux," including 33 songs, could be published in its present 

 form, but it is deemed desirable to add a structural analysis of the 

 songs similar to that accompanying the Chippewa material. 



Additional illustrations for the Chippewa studies have been sub- 

 mitted during the year, also adequate illustrations for the paper on 

 the Sun dance of the Sioux. With few exceptions these illustrations 

 are photographs taken especially for the work, many being pictures 

 of old ceremonial articles used in the Sun dance. Considerable atten- 

 tion also has been given to the collecting of specimens having an 

 interest in connection Avith the work. 



Mr. W. H. Holmes, head curator of the department of anthropology 

 of the United States National Museum, has continued, as oppor- 

 tunity afforded, the preparation of the Handbook of Archeology 



