Book
The last of the Mus-qua-kies and the Indian Congress 1898
W. R. Funk, Publisher • Dayton, Ohio • Published In 1900 • Pages:
By: Rebok, Horace M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The major part of this source contains a history of the Fox and Sauk from the 17th to 19th centuries and speculations about their origins. Rebok, the Indian agent for the Fox at Tama, Iowa, consulted memoirs, letters, and state historical collections to develop a history of the Fox and Sauk, their relations with other Indians, the French and English, and later, American settlers. He deals at length with the Sauk and Fox Confederacy. He also provides detailed accounts of their movements from one settlement to another. He briefly discusses customs and religion, including descriptions of houses, diet, clothing, marriage and divorce, funerals, and religious beliefs. He also provides sketches of two Fox chiefs, Push-e-to-neke-qua and Ma-tau-e-qua. The end of the report is an account of the first Indian Congress of 1898, which the Fox attended along with Indians from all over the country. While it was sponsored by the government, it was one of the earliest meetings of the pan-Indian movement.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External relations
- Warfare
- Dwellings
- General character of religion
- Marriage
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Eschatology
- Community heads
- Local officials
- Political movements
- 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
- Book
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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 ; 1977
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1894-1898
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1634-1898
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Iowa, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Horace M. Rebok
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 04005753
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Congress of American Indians, Omaha, 1898. [from old catalog]
- Fox Indians
- Sauk Indians