l88 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Tom Thunder (fig. 213) recorded a song that was " dreamed by 

 his grandfather," this song containing the words. " Everyone should 

 wake before the sun rises." An interesting group of songs was said 

 to have come, in a dream, from four spirits that Hve in the water at 

 the Dalles of the Wisconsin River. Many recorded songs were 

 connected with the warriors of former times, including Green 

 Cloud's song with the words " In all the tribes I do not find such a 

 man as I am " ; Part Wolf's songs of victory over the Sioux, and 

 the song of Standing WHiite Cloud, who wept because he arrived after 

 a battle was finished. A group of interesting modern songs was com- 

 posed in France by members of the tribe who were serving in the 

 World War. Songs of the moccasin game were recorded, and data 

 on the general customs of the tribe were obtained. The storing of 

 food for the winter was in progress and the drying of squash was 

 seen and photographed, the squash being cut in circles and strung on 

 wires. Baskets were also being made from the wood of the black 

 ash trees, by a process said to have been received by a woman in a 

 dream. 



A group of efiigy mounds in the vicinity of Thunder's camp was 

 visited and photographed. It was said these mounds were made by 

 Winneliago, each mound in the shape of a man's " dream-animal," 

 and that these mounds were refuges in time of war. This informa- 

 tion was given by members of the Thunder family and was corrobo- 

 rated ]:)y the Winnebago living at Trempeleau. All agreed that there 

 was a " dugout " under each mound, some being of considerable size, 

 and that provisions were placed in them so that a man could remain in 

 hiding for some time. The ojjening was disguised, and this was 

 " a way by which a man's dream-animal protected him." The efifigy 

 mounds were eight in number, representing various animals, the 

 largest being 108 feet long and about 2^ feet high. 



