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  understood 
  that 
  his 
  gens 
  performed 
  the 
  ceremonies 
  of 
  the 
  ritual 
  as 
  

   a 
  mere 
  matter 
  of 
  form 
  rather 
  than 
  as 
  an 
  actual 
  owner 
  of 
  the 
  rite. 
  

   The 
  office 
  of 
  his 
  gens, 
  he 
  explained, 
  was 
  one 
  that 
  was 
  instituted 
  for 
  

   the 
  conservation 
  of 
  life 
  and 
  the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  peace 
  within 
  the 
  

   tribe 
  and 
  with 
  other 
  tribes 
  not 
  related 
  to 
  the 
  Osage. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  manuscript 
  for 
  the 
  second 
  volume, 
  Mr. 
  

   La 
  Flesche 
  began 
  the 
  task 
  of 
  assembling 
  his 
  notes 
  for 
  the 
  third 
  

   volume, 
  which 
  will 
  embrace 
  two 
  tribal 
  rituals, 
  the 
  first 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  

   entitled 
  " 
  Wa-xo-be 
  A-wa-tho 
  n 
  ," 
  Songs 
  Relating 
  to 
  the 
  Wa-xo-be. 
  

   The 
  Wa-xo-be 
  is 
  the 
  sacred 
  hawk, 
  the 
  symbol 
  of 
  the 
  valor 
  of 
  the 
  

   Osage 
  warrior. 
  The 
  second 
  ritual 
  is 
  entitled 
  " 
  Qa 
  Tha-dse 
  Ga-xe," 
  

   literally, 
  The 
  Making 
  of 
  the 
  Rush, 
  but 
  meaning 
  the 
  Making 
  of 
  the 
  

   Woven 
  Rush 
  Shrine 
  for 
  the 
  Wa-xo-be. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  1, 
  1921, 
  Dr. 
  Truman 
  Michelson, 
  ethnologist, 
  was 
  at 
  Tama, 
  

   Iowa, 
  continuing 
  his 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  Fox 
  Indians 
  of 
  that 
  State. 
  

   He 
  completed 
  gathering 
  data 
  on 
  Fox 
  mortuary 
  customs 
  and 
  beliefs 
  

   and 
  restored 
  texts 
  appertaining 
  to 
  these 
  and 
  worked 
  out 
  a 
  vocabu- 
  

   lary 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  On 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  this 
  he 
  re- 
  

   stored 
  phonetically 
  a 
  text 
  previously 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  Fox 
  society 
  

   known 
  as 
  " 
  Those 
  who 
  worship 
  the 
  little 
  spotted 
  buffalo." 
  He 
  also 
  

   worked 
  out, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  practical, 
  the 
  vocabulary 
  to 
  this 
  text. 
  At 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  August 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  Washington 
  and 
  elaborated 
  the 
  ma- 
  

   terial 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  Dr. 
  Michelson 
  

   submitted 
  two 
  manuscripts 
  for 
  publication, 
  namely, 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  Fox 
  

   mortuary 
  customs 
  and 
  beliefs 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Fox 
  society 
  known 
  

   as 
  ' 
  Those 
  who 
  worship 
  the 
  little 
  spotted 
  buffalo.' 
  " 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  25 
  Doctor 
  Michelson 
  left 
  for 
  the 
  West 
  to 
  conduct 
  

   researches 
  among 
  the 
  Algonquian 
  Indians 
  of 
  Iowa, 
  Kansas, 
  and 
  

   Oklahoma. 
  He 
  stopped 
  at 
  Columbus, 
  Ohio, 
  to 
  consult 
  with 
  Prof. 
  

   L. 
  Bloomfield. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  conference 
  it 
  became 
  apparent 
  

   that 
  Menomini 
  is 
  very 
  clearly 
  more 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Cree 
  than 
  to 
  

   any 
  other 
  Algonquian 
  language. 
  He 
  found 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  Shawnee, 
  

   Okla., 
  Yerj 
  difficult 
  and 
  expensive, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  Algon- 
  

   quian 
  Indians 
  of 
  that 
  State 
  are 
  scattered 
  and 
  distances 
  are 
  very 
  

   great. 
  However, 
  during 
  his 
  short 
  stay 
  he 
  secured 
  sufficient 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  show 
  definitely 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  Sauk 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  Kickapoo 
  

   share 
  many 
  mortuary 
  customs 
  and 
  beliefs 
  with 
  the 
  Fox 
  of 
  Iowa. 
  He 
  

   thinks 
  that 
  these 
  correspondences 
  are 
  too 
  detailed 
  and 
  too 
  numerous 
  

   to 
  be 
  of 
  independent 
  origin 
  and 
  must 
  be 
  due 
  to 
  dissemination. 
  This 
  

   point 
  regarding 
  the 
  Sauk 
  and 
  Fox 
  is 
  not 
  novel, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  Kickapoo. 
  There 
  are, 
  however, 
  some 
  differences 
  in 
  the 
  mortuary 
  

   customs 
  of 
  all 
  neighboring 
  tribes. 
  This 
  last 
  fact 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  well 
  known. 
  

   A 
  detailed 
  study 
  of 
  all 
  three 
  neighboring 
  tribes, 
  Siouan 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   Algonquian, 
  on 
  these 
  matters 
  alone 
  can 
  clear 
  up 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  