py BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY [ BULL. 72 
The life of the one blessed (‘‘taken pity on” is a closer rendition 
of the Indian original) is obviously a reflection of what is expected 
of a man who introduces ceremonials. An account of his meeting 
the owl, together with his own niece, is given (p. 37), and we are 
told the blessings which the owl bestows: he ‘will be able to 
cross deep and wide rivers without obstruction and be able to heal 
the wounded. Then elaborate instructions and injunctions follow. 
The one blessed will have knowledge of the future. Further instruc- 
tions succeed. 
The sacred pack is ‘‘found,”’ and a gens festival is held. The effi- 
cacy of the pack is shown by the blind being made to see, the ,crip- 
pled to walk, etc. The afflicted are led around in a circle four (a 
ceremonial number) times, and thus made well. The people are 
told that the one blessed and his niece do not alone own the pack 
but that all of his gens also own it. A long exhortation now fol- 
lows (pp. 53-56). 
The power of Black-Rainbow is shown upon his capture by the 
Sioux (p. 61). On his return he makes the Sioux come by beating 
his drum. All are killed save a woman who is spared and sent 
home to tell the story of what happened to the Sioux. (For a sim- 
ilar custom among eastern Algonkins see Speck, International Jour- 
nal of American Linguistics, 1, 208, footnote 1.) A curse of death 
is pronounced upon her in case she disobeys the mandate. Further 
exploits of Black-Rainbow are now narrated. A captured Sioux 
man is sent home with injunctions as above. The gift of foresight is 
shown by Black-Rainbow in foretellng his own end. The turning 
to stone of Black-Rainbow and his niece follows. This last episode, 
it may be added, occurs in other sacred narratives of this nature. 
In conclusion it may be stated that more information is given in 
the present text regarding a Fox sacred pack than has hitherto been 
published on any Fox pack or packs. 
FOX PHONETICS 
I have discussed the phonetic elements of Fox in the International 
Journal of American Linguistics, i, 54, and the Journal of the Wash- 
ington Academy of Sciences, 9, 521-525. 
The following is a tabular view of the phonetic elements as I con- 
ceive them: 
Vowels and Duphthongs 
Full-sounding: : 
aj: Ay Ue a helo at 
i 
O 
Qian ase 
al au 
Voiceless and aspirated (terminal only): 
At et it ut 
