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changeably sisters-in-law to the brothers and cousins of their 

 respective husbands ; and all the husbands of these several sisters, 

 without distinction, and of these several female cousins, are in 

 like manner brothers-in-law to the sisters and cousins of their 

 respective wives. All the wives of these several sons and nephews 

 are daughters-in-law alike to the fathers and mothers, uncles and 

 aunts of their respective husbands ; and all the husbands of these 

 several daughters and nieces, are sons-in-law alike to the fathers 

 and mothers, uncles and aunts of their respective wives. 



X. — In all the preceding cases the principle of correlative rela- 

 tionship is strictly applied : thus, the person whom I call sod 

 calls me father ; the one I call grand-son calls me grand-father ; 

 and the same with uncle and nephew, aunt and niece, brother and 

 brother, cousin and cousin, father-in-law and son-in-law, step- 

 father and step-son, and thus onward through every recognized 

 relationship. 



This system, which, from its complexity and unlikeness to our 

 own, is embarrassing to us, is yet perfectly natural and readily 

 applied by the Indian, to whom any other than this is entirely 

 unknown. 



As an illustration of the method and nomenclature of the sys- 

 tem, and of the manner of filling out the schedule, the following 

 specimen may be taken in the Seneca dialect of the Iroquois lan- 

 guage : 



Note. — Care should be taken, in putting the questions on the schedule, 

 against the error of receiving a simple translation of the question from 

 the native. The special term by which he is called is the answer desired. 

 \The true form of each question is, " What do I call the person described 

 by the question :" thus, " What do I call my father's brother's son ?" &c. 

 Answer, 3fi/ brother. 



Another rule should be observed. When one relationship is deter- 

 mined, the next in order will be based upon it usually : thus, my father's 

 brother's son is " my brother ;" therefore, my father's brother's son's son 

 will be " my son," if I am a man, and "mi/ nepheiv" if I am a woman ; 

 because he is the son of " mij brother," and because the son of my brother 

 is my son, if I am a man, and my nephew, if I am a woman. 



