miche;i^son: fox Indians 525 



apparently interchange medially are merely mishearings. The 

 limitations of the positions of certain consonants (see above) 

 likely enough are in part due to phonetic shifts; some are cer- 

 tainly due to these. The evidence of cognate dialects favors 

 the view, but this is not the proper place to discuss this aspect 

 in detail. In conclusion it may be noted that ck, 'ck are the 

 only true consonantal clusters in the language. The cluster st 

 is found in English loan-word 'i'stakinA'n"'' "stockings."^ Ac- 

 cording to WilHam Jones stc occurs in an exclamation. 



POX FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY 



The time for a final discussion of Fox folklore and mythology 

 is hardly ripe. For comparative purposes the data are too 

 meager. We are practically without any Sauk material; the 

 Kickapoo published (Jones) and unpublished (Michelson) col- 

 lections are inadequate; the published Potawatomi material is 

 negligible, and that unpublished (Skinner, Michelson) is prob- 

 ably insufficient; the unpublished^ material of Peoria folklore 

 and mythology (Gatschet, Michelson) is adequate ; the published 

 Cree, Algonkin, and Ottawa collections are deficient; the pub- 

 lished Menominee material is adequate; the published and un- 

 published (Jones) material of Ojibwa folklore and mythology is 

 extremely extensive; and so is that of Fox, especially the un- 

 published portion (Michelson). So that even a comparative 

 study of the folklore and mythology of only Central Algonkins 

 would be very one-sided. When the inadequate published data 

 from such Siouan tribes as the Iowa, Winnebago, and Osage are 

 taken into account, it will .be seen that a truly comprehensive 

 study of Fox folklore and mythology is, for the present, quite 

 out of the question. Happily there is plenty of unpubHshed 

 Winnebago material (Radin), and possibly Iowa (Skinner), so 

 that in the near future conditions may be distinctly improved. 

 At the present time the only adequate collections of Siouan 

 folklore and mythology are from the Assiniboine, Crow, and 

 Omaha ; the published material of the Sioux proper is insufficient. 



^ Also in a couple of other loan-words. 



' See now Michelson, Joum. Amer. Folk-Lore 30: 493-495. 



