378 FOX MORTUARY CUSTOMS AND BELIEFS. [BTH. ANN. 40, 
tions are based on English paraphrases either written or dictated by 
three Indians, corrected and supplemented by a grammatical analysis 
of the texts. This task was materially lightened by the intelligent 
help rendered by Harry Lincoln. The following will show the authors 
of the texts and English paraphrases: 
Syllabary text by— English paraphrase by— 
A Sam Peters_______.-.-...-. Horace Poweshiek. 
B Sam Peters_______.......-. Horace Poweshiek. 
C Alfred Kiyana___._._..-...-. Harry Lincoln. 
D Sam Peters__._......-.-.-. Horace Poweshiek. 
BH | Alfred Kayana:) = 2-22 222) Harry Mincoln. 
F Harry Lincoln ____-._.-.-.-. Horace Poweshiek. 
G Harry Lincoln____-.-.---.-. Harry Lincoln. 
Eee eee nee naee BRT OND George Young Bear. 
Harry Lincoln. 
I Joe Peters_____---.-..---2. George Young Bear. 
Koy Harry lincoln ees ee larrys Bincolnt 
Ii “Jack Bullard: )— 22-2 29_be2 Harry Dincoln: 
Jack Bullard received his information from a very aged woman. 
It should be mentioned that both Sam and Joe Peters have Sauk 
blood on their father’s side, though both (as well as their father and 
grandfather) have lived steadily at Tama with the Foxes. 
To more than any one person I am indebted to Harry Lincoln for 
assistance in preparing this paper for press. Besides the help 
which I have acknowledged above, it was through him that the last 
text was obtained; and I have more than once received valuable 
hints on ethnological as well as linguistic matters. 
Text H contained a good deal of matter which, though of ethno- 
logical value, was entirely foreign to mortuary customs and beliefs. 
This extraneous matter has been deled. For a like reason the end 
of text I has been left out. 
As stated above, the English translations are based on paraphrases 
by various Indians, corrected and supplemented by a grammatical 
analysis of the texts. These translations for the most part are as 
literal as possible without violence to English idiomatic use, for my 
aim has been to make the paper serviceable to both the ethnological 
and linguistic student alike. <A practically exhaustive list of stems 
(see p. 616 et seq.) as well as some linguistic notes have been added 
as a further aid to the comprehension of the Indian texts. 
