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tunity to observe the ceremonies was tmequaled. A few davs 

 later Ella Davenport died, probably of tuberculosis ; however, her 

 parents believed that she had been witched, and he was asked to 

 be one of those to watch her grave at night for a number of days, 

 being assured that Indians knew very well that witches were afraid 

 of white people and would not harm them. It appears that Fox 

 Indians believe that if a person has been killed by a witch, the witch 

 will return in the form of a dog, owl. or bear, tap four times on the 

 grave of the deceased, whereupon the dead will come back to life 

 and the witch will then proceed to torture the person by cutting out 

 his or her tongue and stringing his or her heart. He of course em- 

 braced the opportunity ; and with a few Indians sat up with loaded 

 shotguns for a few nights watching the grave. Unfortunately the 

 witch did not come. After such a favorable opening he seized the 

 occasion to obtain a number of texts written in the current svllabary 

 on the origin of death, the ceremonies connected therewith, etc., 

 which have since been translated. These texts all supplement rather 

 than contradict each other. The grammatical analysis of the text 

 appurtenant to the Owl sacred pack, begvui with Edward Davenport 

 at the U. S. Indian School at Carlisle, was completed. A number of 

 texts collected in previous seasons, some appurtenant to ceremonials 

 and the like, and a few folk tales were translated in the course of the 

 summer, as were the personal names of approximately nine-tenths of 

 the entire Fox population. 



