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In her studies of Indian music Miss Frances Densmore made two 

 trips to the Standing Rock Reservation, S. Dak. (one in July and 

 August, 1913, and one in June, 1914), where she engaged in investi- 

 gations at Bullhead, McLaughlin, and the vicinity of the Martin 

 Kenel School. This research completed the field work for the pro- 

 posed volume of Sioux music, the material for which, subsequently 

 prepared for publication, consists of 323 pages of manuscript, 98 

 musical transcriptions of songs, 20 technical analyses of songs, and 33 

 original illustrations. 



The practical use which musical composers are making of the 

 results of Miss Densmore's studies is very gratifying. Mr. Carl 

 Busch has adapted for orchestral purposes four of the songs rendered 

 by Miss Densmore and published by the bureau, as follows : (1) Chip- 

 pewa Vision, (2) Farewell to the Warriors, (3) Love Song, (4) 

 Lullaby. Mr. Heinrich Hammer, of Washington, has composed a 

 Sun Dance Rhapsody and a Chippewa Rhapsody. Mr. Charles 

 Wakefield Cadman has composed, for the voice, two of the Chip- 

 pewa songs, " From the Long Room of the Sea " and " Ho, Ye War- 

 riors on the Warpath." Mr. S. N. Penfield has harmonized two vocal 

 quartets, " Manitou Listens to Me " and " Why Should I be Jealous ? " 

 For the violin Mr. Alfred Manger has prepared a " Fantasie on Sioux 

 Themes," and Mr. Alberto Bimboni has well advanced toward com- 

 pletion an opera bearing the title "The Maiden's Leap." Certain 

 of the orchestral arrangements have been played by the Chicago 

 Symphony Orchestra (formerly known as the Thomas Orchestra), 

 as well as by the symphony orchestras of Washington, Minneapolis, 

 and Kansas City. It is interesting to note the demand for Sioux 

 themes in advance of their publication. These have been furnished 

 in manuscript as far as possible to those desiring them for specific 

 and legitimate use. Two of the compositions in the foregoing list are 

 based on such themes. 



Work on the volume of Sioux music is approaching completion. 

 This will be larger than either of the bulletins on Chippewa music, 

 and, while the same general plan has been followed, there will be 

 much that is new, both in subject matter and in style of illustration. 



During the year work on the Handbook of Aboriginal Remains 

 East of the Mississippi was continued by Mr. D. I. Bushnell, jr., 

 under a small allotment from the bureau, and approximately 90,300 

 words of manuscript were recorded on cards geographically ar- 

 ranged. The entire amount of manuscript now completed is about 

 321,000 words, and the bibliography thus far includes 306 titles. As 

 a result of the notes received from the Wisconsin Archeological 

 Society, through the courtesy of its secretary, Mr. Charles E. Brown, 

 of Madison, every county of that State will be well represented in 

 the Handbook. It is to be regretted that more information regard- 



