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Wyoming, and takes us back to the ancient period when the Kiowa 

 hekl the Black Hills. The girls became the Pleiades. (2) Seindei 

 (the culture hero) Jumps across the Missouri River. (3) Seindei 

 and the Bear. (4) Seindei and the Quails. (5) Seindei and the 

 Four Pemmican Brothers. (6) Seindei Meets Whirlwind Girl. 

 (7) Seindei Invites the Woodpeckers. (8) How Crow Became 

 Black. ( 9) The Loosing of the Buffaloes. A remarkable story of how 

 Seindei visits the keeper of the buffaloes. (10) Seindei and the Prairie 

 Dogs. (11) Seindei and Coyote. (12) Seindei and the Rabbit. 

 (13) Seindei and the Turkey. (14) Seindei and the Mountain Ghosts. 

 Seindei induced the Mountain Ghosts to take out their hearts and 

 to lay them in a pile when they visited a place where they were likely 

 to become scared. In this way he eliminated these powerful demons 

 from the earth. 



Old hunting and fighting stories were also obtained, including a 

 long account of a raid in Mexico. 



ETHNOLOGICAL RESEARCHES AMONG THE FOX INDIANS, IOWA 



Dr. ■Michelson left Washington towards the close of May and pro- 

 ceeded to Tama. Iowa, to renew his researches among the Fox ( Mesk- 

 wakie) Indians. He devoted especial attention to the various gens 

 festivals, for example, the White Wolf Dance of the War Gens. 

 Some texts on a number of sacred packs were translated. A good deal 

 of general ethnology was obtained in both syllabary texts and transla- 

 tions. Some of this included the regulations of various gentes and 

 societies. Additional information on the White Buffalo Dance and 

 mortuary customs and beliefs was secured in time to be incorporated 

 in the 40th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology 

 (now in galley-proof). In his spare time Dr. Michelson gathered 

 quite a little Winnebago and Potawatomi ethnological data from 

 the small group of each of these tribes which habitually stays at 

 Tama with the Fox. The data on the first largely corroborates that 

 given by Dr. Radin in the 37th Annual Report of the Bureau of 

 American Ethnology, and in some instances supplements it. The data 

 on the Potawatomi is important as showing that among this tribe 

 there are close correspondents to the Fox gens festivals. Towards 

 the close of June Dr. INIichelson returned to Washington. 



A brief explanation of some of the ethnological data in the pre- 

 ceeding paragraph may not be inappropriate. The Foxes are organized 

 in a number of exogamic totemic groups. These groups are named 

 after animals for the most part. e. g.. Bear, Wolf. Eagle. Male 



