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The questions before referred to are the following : 



1, Into how many Tribes is the Nation divided ? Give the name 



of each Tribe in the native language, and a translation 

 into English. 



2. Was a man forbidden to marry a woman of his own Tribe ? 

 8. Were the children of the Tribe of the Mother, or of the Tribe 



of the Father ? 



4. Was the office of Sachem or principal chief hereditary in the 



Tribe ? 



5. Was it elective as among the near relatives of the deceased 



Sachem of the same Tribe ? 



6. Did the Son succeed the Father ; or a Brother, or a Sister's 



Son? 



7. Were the duties of a Sachem confined exclusively to the 



affairs of peace ? 



8. Was the office of War Chief elective, in reward of merit, and 



non-hereditary ? 



9. Were the descendants of two Sisters of the same sex, stand- 



ing in equal degrees from their common ancestprs, Brothers 

 and Sisters to each other, in theory, through all genera- 

 tions ? Were the descendants of two brothers the same i 

 Were the descendants of a Brother, and of a Sister, in the 

 same manner. Cousins ? 



10. Were the names of individuals changed at different periods, 



by national custom ? That is : had they one class of names 

 for childhood, another for manhood, and still another for 

 advanced age, which were successively changed ? 



11. Upon the death of the Father, to whom did his property 



descend ? 



12. Upon the death of the Mother, to whom did her property 



descend ? 



13. If the people are divided into Castes, are these Castes sub- 



divided ? 



14. If so, are these subdivisions analagous, in any particular, to 



the Tribes of the American Indians ? 



15. Can a man of one of these subdivisions marry a woman of the 



same subdivision ? 

 IG. Arc the members of each subdivision regarded as consanguinei ? 

 17. Do relatives salute each other by the term of relationship ? 



