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modified her statements concerning the dances of the Siox. She has not yet learned to be discriminate in the choice of her informants and interpreters. I doubt if she can fit herself for the study of ethnology. She may be very efficient in the study of the music but that is quite a different matter. 

I am glad that you can find some one to go with you to the concerts. I wish I could be with you but that is not possible if I have to do this work properly. Anyhow, I may be home early in February and then I can enjoy the remaining concerts. 

I also received Prof. Eave's card acknowledging my paper. He seems to be interested in our work but he has his hands full all the time with his own work. I suppose I shall find Mr. Guthrie's papers when I get to Fairfax.

Yesterday, some one told me that an Osage, Edgar McCarthy was looking for me so I hunted for him in town. I found him had a talk with him. He is one of the peyote devotees and is much concerned about the attacks that are being made against it. From him I think I have the exact date when the Osage took up the peyote. He was at Carlisle and returned here in 1897, and found the Osage using the peyote but they went to the meetings of the Quapaw Indians who were being initiated by "Moonhead" the Caddo messiah, so to speak. In 1898 he was induced by the Osage to come here to start them in the organization. He came and made a "moon" alter, for Black-dog at Claremore's place in a makeshift of a wigwam. In 1899 Black dog moved his "moon"