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INVESTIGATIONS AMONG TllF. ALGONQL'IAN INDIANS 



At the close of j\Iay. 1922. Dr. Truman Michelson. of the Bureau 

 of American l^thnology. proceeded to OkhUioma to conduct researches 

 among the Sauk and Kickapoo. The prime object was to secure data 

 on the mortuary customs and behefs of these tribes. From these 

 data it is now absokitely certain that the mortuary customs and behefs 

 of not onlv the Sauk and Kickajioo l)ut also those of the Fox for the 



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Fig. i^^q. — Fox winter lodne, at Tama, Iowa. 



greater ])art have ])een derived from a common source. Towards 

 the end of jime. Dr. Michelson went to Tama. Towa, to renew his 

 work among the Fox Indians. Many texts in the current syllabary 

 were translated, some restored phoneticall}-. ftiller data on the mor- 

 tuary cust(jms and beliefs were obtained as well as new data on the 

 ceremonial attendants and runners. 



In August, Dr. Michelson left for Wisconsin, where he spent a 

 week of reconnaissruice among tht- highU' conservative I'otawatomi, 



