OF THE HUilAX FAMILY. 



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Step-son, 



Step-daughter, 



Brother-in-law (husband's brotlier). 



Sister-in-law ( " sister). 



Gu-a'-i-ca ( " " mother), 

 Ze-cu'-hi-ef)-cu-a'-i-a I-chu-ta? 



TJb-so, 

 Gi'-ca, 



Brother-in-law and cousin 

 Sister-in-law. 



From the foregoing fragment of the Chibcha or Muyska system of relationship, 

 it is apparent that it possessed an elaborate nomenclature ; that consanguinei and 

 marriage relations, near and remote, were classified imder the near degrees ; and 

 that the several relationships were discriminated with the same minuteness which 

 characterizes the system of the Ganowanian family. Although it would be prema- 

 ture to draw an inference of genetic connection from this incomplete representation 

 of the system of a portion of the ViUage Indians of South America, nevertheless 

 it seems probable that if the system which prevailed in this nation could be fuljy 

 procured, it would be found to be identical, in whatever is radical, with the tj-pical 

 form. 



The Muyska Village Indians close the series of Indian nations represented in 



34 Marcb, 1S70. 



