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D»E-FYtoIn-UB6S.inw-:e.rkreandckveLC-Id-igofben.e-*7erti-•e-ofa-.c-it-csIowa Indians Under Observation.The State Historical Society of Iowa has become intensely interested in the research work among the Mesk-' waki Indians at Tama, la.,. recently begun by Dr. Truman Michelson, member .of the bureau of ethnology, Washington, D. C.An important discovery has been made in the fact that the Meskwaki Indians, at Tama resemble in • every detail tribes of Indians found in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Wyoming, leading ethnologists ' to believe important results historically can be obtained by tracing the division of, the- original group into ’ these four parts. No attempt has hitherto been made to dig into the secrets which the Indians' folk lore and. • tradition will reveal. Dr/ Michelson being one of the pioneers in the work at tTama.His past month's stay on the reservation has been fruitful of remarkable discoveries. Indian . women of the Meskwaki tribe speak differently than the men. The braves never say “my nephew*,” as an instance. Rather they leave such a phrase to the squaws and call the individual “the son of, my brother.” Every verb in the Meskwaki language has a thousand tenses. Practically by exact count Dr. Michelson can vouch for this. At every turn of time these Indiana have a different way of saying things in their language.1Dr. Michelson expresses himself asdistinctly dissatisfied with the translation of the language of the Meskwaki Indians as given by guides andbelieves a more correct interpretationof the Meskwakies’ folk lore will reveal much of value to the Indian history of the middle .west.
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National Democrat
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Nov 14, 1912
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