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Notes on the Fox Indians
Journal of American Folklore • 24 • Published In 1911 • Pages: 209-237
By: Jones, William.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a collection of notes on various subjects in no particular order published posthumously from manuscripts which Jones had left. They contain myths, traditional history, and various other information concerning Wisa'ka, the culture hero; the origins and travels of the Sauk and Fox; Manitous (supernatural spirits); clans; witchcraft; ghosts and the soul; tobacco; the country of Iowa; how we hear and understand others' words; clothing; feasts; the Kicko and To'kan moieties; adoption ceremonies; children fasting, and the attainment of spirit power; death and burial; the moccasin game; the etiquette of visiting another's home; Wabasaiy, a mythical chief; the etymology of the name Chicago (Place-of-the-Skunk); warfare with other Indians, and the Black-Hawk War in which White settlers and the army forced the Fox out of Illinois and into Iowa. No context for the source of their collection or their significance is given.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Mythology
- Burial practices and funerals
- Dying
- Games
- Athletic sports
- Adoption
- Eschatology
- Spirits and gods
- Sorcery
- Visiting and hospitality
- Clans
- Asceticism
- Ethnopsychology
- Revelation and divination
- External relations
- Moieties
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Martin Malone ; 1976
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1895-1904
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1897-1904
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Willliam Jones
- no bibliography
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028737
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Fox Indians