Show l Y Younger 1 Indans Turn I II a From Faith of Fathers I Sixty or seventy years ago alo the Fox Indians of Iowa began the acquisition I of the English alphabet from mission mission- aries They learned a method of writing their own language by means of ot the English alphabet separating their words into s syllables Since there is only a rough conformity between bel between be be- I l tween the characters as ns employed b bythe by bythe the Fox Indians and the actual 80 sounds it is n necessary to restore the I phonetics of an any I Fox ox text so that thes the s symbols may correctly represent them Dr Truman Michelson of the Smithsonian Smith Smithsonian Institutions Institution's Bureau of Amert Ameri American can an Ethnology has bas b been n foremost Iti it this work of ot collection and Doctor Michelson whose work has hns made him the foremost authority on th the Fox Indians describes their rItuals rituals rituals rit rIt- as ns consisting mainly of eating dancing and prayer As Is natural with a primitive people their prayers r I Invite material benefits r such as long j I I life freedom from disease that the I chiefs chief's village should be strong enough to resist its enemies and that no foe I should even be permitted to gossip against the village According to Doctor Michelson th the younger r generation now turn these once serious ceremonies cel Into occasions occasIons occasions occa occa- for amusement Up to some IB 16 years ago ngo the tribe was so conservative conservative i as ns to resist education but hut It has since grown progressive and all aU the young Indians are anxious to go to tos s school The tribe are good farmers and compete with the whites In the state agricultural fairs V |