William Jones' "Ethnography of the Fox Indians"...
By: [edited by] Margaret Welpley Fisher...
Contributors: Fisher, Margaret, 1903- ed.
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Fox Indians.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 115.
Margaret W. Fisher's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1935.
Published also as Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, bulletin 125.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Traditional history; title: Cosmogony; title: – Manitou; title: – Nature beliefs; title: – Medicine; title: – Color symbolism; title: – Witches, evil spirits, and ghosts; title: Mythology; title: Daily life…; title: – Everyday life; title: – Costume; title: Social observances; title: – Marriage; title: – Divorce; title: – Birth customs; title: – Menstrual customs; title: – Mortuary customs; title: Social organization; title: – Fox gentes; title: – The dual division; title: – Political organization; title: – Crime and punishment; title: Ceremonies and games; title: – The sacred feast; title: – Feasts of thanksgiving; title: – Notes on gens feast dances; title: – Other ceremonies; title: – Ceremonial paraphernalia and related data; title: – Games; title: Bibliography of Jones’ publications; title: Appendix A.—Miscellaneous social data; title: Appendix B.—Genealogies; title: Appendix C.—Lists of gens names; title: Appendix D.—Ceremonial data