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packs, as that of Pyatwaya, belonging to the Thunder gens, and 

 that called ke'tcimi'cani""' in Tepashit's care belonging to the 

 Thunder gens ; and the one called Sagima "kwawA. which belongs to 

 the Bear gens, formerly in the possession of Pushitonequa, the last 

 recognized chief of the Foxes. He obtained also much information 

 on two other sacred packs, one belonging to the Thunder gens, 

 the other to the Bear gens, the existence of which were hitherto 

 unknown. The information on all these packs was obtained mainly 



Fig. 112. — Da lo tti wa, a Fox woman, 

 gathering flags to make mats. (Photo- 

 graph by Grace Scott. ) 



in the current Fox syllabary and English paraphrases secured from 

 Horace Poweshiek and Harry Lincoln. During his visit, a Winne- 

 bago enrolled among the Foxes was injured in an automobile acci- 

 dent, and Dr. Michelson had the rare opportunity of witnessing 

 a sweat-lodge performance and listening to the Winnebago prayers 

 and songs accompanying it. 



Dr. Michelson proceeded on August 21 to Odanah, Wisconsin, to 

 obtain some first-hand information on Ojibwa gentes. The follow- 



