Fletcher

Alice Cunning ham, ethnolo- gist. b. Boston, 1845 Educated m private schools; gathered material concerning music of the Omaha Indians in connection with ethnological investigations for the Peabody Museum, Cnrrb^dso Ma published m book iO'*r with the a istance of John C. Fill more, under the title A Study of Omaha Music; later works are Indian Story and Song from North America, 1900, and sections in reports on ceremonials, The HorKo and The Omaha Tribe; a t, in ethnology, Peabody Museum, since 1882, holder 1886-of Thaw Fellowship smce 1891; special agent of the government in various investigations.