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An account of the manners and customs of the Sauk and Fox nations of Indians tradition
Arthur H. Clark Company • 2 • Published In 1911 • Pages: 183-245
By: Forsyth, Thomas, Blair, Emma Helen.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a good, early ethnographic sketch of the Sauk and Fox tribes. The author combines several years' experience with Indian groups (both as a trader and an Indian agent) with a fairly objective viewpoint in presenting his materials. Most major cultural categories are touched upon, although the depth of coverage is variable. Among the better covered topics are intertribal relations, warfare, life cycle events, and family life. The report concludes with a vocabulary list and brief notes about the language.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- External relations
- Traditional history
- History
- Community heads
- Warfare
- Mnemonic devices
- Glossary
- Ethnosociology
- Hunting and trapping
- Diet
- Athletic sports
- Warfare
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fox
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2014
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Government Official
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Eleanor Swanson ; John Beierle ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1826
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1826
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Upper Mississippi and Great Lakes regions, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Thomas Forsyth, United States Agent at Fort Armstrong
- "Account of the manners and customs of the Sauk and Fox nations of Indian traditions." A report on this subject, sent to General William Clarks, Superintendent of Indian Affairs, by Thomas Forsyth, Indian agent for the U.S. Government, St. Louis, January 15, 1827. From the original and hitherto unpublished manuscript in the library of Wisconsin Historical Society.
- Translated, edited, annotated and with bibliography and index by Emma Helen Blair
- Bibliography not included in page scans
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 11028844
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians