90 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 65 



INVESTIGATIONS AMONG THE STOCKBRIDGE, BROTHERTON, 

 AND FOX INDIANS 



Early in July Dr. Michelson left for the United States Indian 

 School at Carlisle to arrange for future translations of his Fox 

 texts by Horace Poweshiek, as well as to obtain some linguistic notes 

 on Sauk and Fox. He then proceeded to Wisconsin to investigate 

 the Stockbridge Indians. His headquarters were at Keshena. About 



Fig. 84. — Fox sacred pack. 



a dozen persons were found who could give isolated words in the 

 Stockbridge (Mahican) language, but only one person who could 

 dictate connected texts. About a half dozen of such texts were 

 obtained with difficulty. Knowledge of the language was too far 

 gone to permit unraveling its details, but nevertheless sufficient mate- 

 rial was obtained to show conclusively that Stockbridge belongs 

 closely to Natick and Pequot-Mohegan, which are closer to each other 

 than either is to Stockbridge. Stockbridge likewise shows certain 

 affinities with Delaware-Munsee. If more material can be obtained 

 on a future visit, a brief memoir on this language may be expected. 



