Show seminole indians cling to ancient folk songs washing washington ton A new kind ot of folk song has been recorded for posterity by miss frances densmore smith institution ethnologist who recently cretu returned arned to washington with more than phonograph records of 0 songs of 0 the seminole indians of the florida everglades MW miss densmore was ivas told by the reticent indian peoples that the semi noles had no songs after a four month stay among them however she discovered and recorded much of an unique native entire music the seminole songs she found are used only at two big annual feasts the corn dance to in the summer and the ceremony preceding the hunting sl season ason in the fall music also Ls la used in treatment of the sick |