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Show its tr ia iitF. ini--.rKAJios nr Till LANol V.JJ(l.l THE AMLHI CAS 1MHAXS. Tlie present atate of perfection of tbe Kdbnn phouografli led rue to atlcnil sr me exrinteul with it on our New Kngiatel Indians, a uieaitofiresenrlng la ruruaxes which are rieily lieeuoiiiur extinct. I ai-cordiiity mae a visit to iJtUK -Maine, atal au able, through the kiixlmtsof Mrs. V. Wallace Itrown. to take Uwi the phonograph a col lection of records iliuatraUng the language, folk-Lire, song, and counllnS'4it tbtme-oftliel'atsiinia-ioddy Iralfcius. My exueiiineuta mtt witli contiMe uniM, atid I as able n-d only to tl'-e Ur- reix nia, nut ilso to take them so well Uiat the liiOiiiu-lhciuarivr r. ogn'anl the v.iesof other memU-is of the triue w ho lu.J aiMkeb tls day before. las of the motinU retting recoruj alibh wa male waa tie sore of the at.ake dance, sung by o-l l' (dis,u I.o isreruiiiard b Uie I'a sanu-tUuddiea ra the beet acquainted acquaint-ed if all with thta aong -of ill time." lie la always tbe lea lvr 111 tbe dance, andaaog it in the same Hay as at its last ceM-rallon. I abo took Ul the same wax cyiiudt-ron which the imprenions aie raale his aet-ouut of the dance, iiH-lu-iing tlie ln Itatlou ubkh re-tvb re-tvb Uie cert mony. In adoitkm to the sung )( tlie suake dance I ots)aii,l on the idionograidi an iuletesticg "trade -h.iii;, ami a'Moliak war song'" w hi -his .iry old. Sevrral other sotig4 were reiorded. Many eiy iiibrrtating old f:k-!aks were also taken. I II ioiuc of these tin re occur aneient song witb archaic wi.ru, imitation ot tlie voietn of aninul-, old and yning. An ordinary conversation con-versation tt.twM.li two IrwUns, and a counting out rhyme, are using tlie recorua made. I found the "t-lieiluies of tlie United Unit-ed Slate WtwciH of Kaliiu'l.iu- ef great value In my w-ik.and Hdu4eii the method of giving lasranUoi'. dy s-d Kaglish woria rvnset utivt I3 011 the ti limit rv. Thereconia were all mimic-red, and the aniKnincemeutof tbesu' Jerl made on eaeli in Kuglisli: Swne of thesiorlts niied several cylinders, but Ihele wa4 little difflrully iu making tbe changes iiectisary to W firm ell" to the other, aiat tLe I iidiai. after some t-raftk-c, were aiueti'-mikegoo-i reconh" l"j Hie instrument. Thirty lx cyliiklt-n, wi re taken ill all. One a-iece fc Miftit-icnt for most of theauugsaiid formally of tlie short stories. Hi lonetsl story taken wa- a folktab', whu-h occupir l.lne 1- lin-lers, alHHit "i'odUKiie" and l'tOijh.-.-iubs.' tbo -Black Cat au.i the Toad Womai:." wlibh Ion la-ver U111 ibl!alied. In a detatinl le irtotmy work with tin- phouoj;ra4i 111 preserving tlie t'assainattu.sldy language. 1 In tie to give a Uai la: ion of tiifc inten-stlng Miry. J. Waller rVwkcsin .VoIktc. |