Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-25
GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE
DELIVERS LECTURE ON IOWA
INDIANS.
BUT FEW REMAIN OF
ONCE POWERFUL TRIBE
Reservation at rama Contains Rem
nants Of Saes and Foxes-sut Nine
Full. Bleed Saes at Present Living in
!, State, Others Being Of Musquakie
Branch,
Davenport, Sept ,s.-An interested

Davenport. Sept 35.-An interested
audience heard Dr.. R. Truman Michel
sen OF the bureau of ethnology, Of
Washington. D. c., deliver lecture
on The Fox Indians OF Iowa at tbs
assembly room OF the Academy OF
Sciences in the Putnam building. DR..
Nicholson spoke OF the manner OF hv-
ing and social methods OF this once
famous tribe of Indiana
" According to Dr.. Nicholson the Fox
Indians were first heard OF in toe lat
ter part of the seventeenth century.
The tribe originated on the Fox river.
near Green Bay, Wis, although some
OF them were known to have pene-
rrated the eastern states, some OF
them even going as far east as New
York. 4 few oe them are stu living
in The western part OF the state OF
New York. DR. Nicholson stated
that It was the Fox Indians who were
responsible tor the French losing Can
ada.
In 1904 a member Of the Fox tribe
was confined in Jail at St Louis for
a petty crime. Several OF the minor
chiefs OF the tribe. made journey 20
ST. Louis, with the Intentions o. sa-
curing the release or the lndian.
While On this mission. a number OF
the whites are said TO have given the
Indians liquor. from which they be-
came intoxicated. While under the
Influence OF the liquor, they were in
duced to sign treaty, by which they
gave up all their rights 70 their lands
east OF the MISSISSIPPI river When
the remainder of the tribe heard % the
manner in which the whites had IN
duced the Indians to sign this treaty.
they became enraged. and claimed that
On account of being minor chiefs they
had no right to make treaty OF this
kind and made efforts 20 have It SCI
aside The papers had been signed
however and they were forced to give
up their hunting grounds This IS
believed 10 have been the reason for
the Fox Indians taking the British
Sids in the war Of lsl2
Came 10 Iowa in 1904.
After giving up their Land cas-, OF
the Mississippi. the Fox tribe then
came TO Iowa, where they remained
until 1913. when they seld their lands
Most OF the tribe then went 20 Kan
SAG although many OF the Musquaw-
kic Indians. rs part Of the tribe was
known, remained N Iowa and did rot
move with the remainder OF the tribe.
They old not stay long IN their new
hunting grounds, however, but Jour
neyed back 70 Iowa in small bands.
In iS4s after the battle between the
Sioux and Fox the Fox sent petit
ton to the Iowa state legislature.
ASKING permission to again make Iowa
their home They then purchased eighty
acres OF land in Tama county. which
has since been their home. Since that
time their land has been increased TO
1000 acres In 1860 there were 1000
Of these Indians but now there are
only ass. The Fox Indians we're di-
yided into two divisions part known
as the Sacs and part as the Mus
1uakies- The count two years ago
showed that but nine full blooded Sac
Indians were still living in the state,
the remainder being Musouakies
Considered Very Conservative.
Dr.. Nicholson stated tina the Fox
Indians were one OF the most conser-
vative bands Of Indians in the country.
They were usually divided into So
called animal oa IDS. each band taking
the name Of an animal. such as Bear.
Wolf and Fox One rule thar vas
strictly observed by these Indians was
that Two persons Of the same band
were no, permitted to marry
The tribe in general was divided into
TWO bands which were known as me
Tocans and the Kjeshkies. The To-
cans In painting their faces we're
always known 20 Use white paint.
while the Kieshkies always used char
coal A mans first son would a!wavs
be forced TO Join the opposite band
70 the one 10 which his father be-
ionged. One Of the srrictest rules
Kept by the Indians sS regarding mar
rsges. Two persons II related 70 each
other no matter how distant the re-
Ia-ion IS are considered as brother and
sister and are not permitted 10 take
the marriage WOW. This rule was al
ways strictly enforced.
According 10 DR. Nicholson the lin
cage Of an Indian very hard to
trace on account Of the various bands
The unraveIing u Indian pedigrees is
a dihicuIt feat. II Is claimed hat the
traditions Of The Musquakie Indians
were Kept more intact than any other
Indian tribe Dr. Nicholson stated that
many of the stories about The American
Indian originated IN Europe by per
sons who had been IN America and
then returned TO their native LANDS
and started the storieA
Dr.. Nicholson said he has IN MS pos
session 1900 pages Of Indian my
thciogy which has not been published
A quarter OF these stories are plain
W of French origin. He gave brief
extracts from the Fox Indian folklore
and legends. recounting snatcbes from
their long story OF the Creation
WATER COMPANY GOES BROKE.