n:n.M 1 V. 289 



tin,! : Led iii tli. "Odyssey" as the so* -r of 



1. Tacitus tdls of the 

 in ni' tfiviim rattle and grain to tribal chiefs which 



Jermans and indicate the beginii 



of barharic tVu<: tve seen how 



a metronymic people like the Iroijimi^ Indians had com- 



trihex int.. a coni .vhieh reinaiiieil 



a source of power and -I read to all their <-n-mp- for two 



hun.i ars." Hut patmnNmic tiil.es of the same 



. dwelling within a territory affording natural 

 geographical unity and protection, have united in mili- 

 tionfl that are more formidable, and more 

 >tahle than the <-st of n. -nic confederations. 



"The Ki:yptian-. th- Chald tlie Hebrews, the 



Greeks, the K'omans the Saxons, the Franks, the Ger- 

 mans, and the Slavs were originally tribally orgai 



lea which, by growth of population, confederation, 

 and consolidation, developed into civil states." 



When patronymic tiihes conf- and form the 



ethnic nation, the agnatic principle and ai worship, 



combined with political and military eondition>. 



authority upon the cliief of the ..n. He 



becomes a military l.-a.l.-r. a religious leader or }v 

 and a Mipivme judire. all in oiir. The ehief, iii a v 

 becomes a kin.ir." 18 



This patriarchal organization of society did not in- 

 itely remain the eha- *ic mark of the social 



structur- ; ianircs oeenrred in all of the comp' 



family irroui u new conditions which 



grew out of these relations of prosperity and unity. The 

 family became increasingly definite, the clan gave place 



, i, en. XT. 



tt Morgan, op. rit.. ,.t ii. , h. v. MCidding^ op, cil.. p. 473. 



