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divisions ranked higher than the other or others. Thus the Bear gens 

 is composed of the Black Bears and Yellow (Brown) Bears; the 

 tribal chieftainship was in the Black Bear division of Bear gens. This 

 is why some Fox Indians objected to Pushitoniqua (the last chief 

 recognized by the federal government), because he was of the wrong 

 division of the Bear gens. The sacred packs were used especially in 

 war. With appropriate songs and rituals one could become invisible ; 

 the bullets of the foe would not hit their mark ; wide rivers would 

 become narrow so one could retreat if hard pressed by the foe; etc. 

 The packs are supposed to be acquired by fasting in the wilderness 

 when various manitous would take pity on those fasting and bestow 

 blessings. 



Fig. 138.— 1 



i<dik-liouse of elm. Harry Lincoln is standing at the 

 door-way. (Photograph by Michelson.) 



