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himself in person and features. It is his own son, born 

 after his expulsion from the upper regions, and brought 

 up there in ignorance of his father." l In this as in 

 the previous saga, we find the rule definitely insisted 

 on that the husband must reside with the wife's kin, or 

 the marriage will be brought to an end. Here too 

 father and son take different sides in a war between 

 their respective clans : an example of the Father-and- 

 son combat mentioned in the last chapter. 



We have already seen that the Algonquian nations 

 were when Charlevoix wrote in the stage of mother- 

 right. From what he says we gather that the young 

 husband lived with his wife for some time in the cabin 

 of her parents, and that it was then his duty to supply 

 them with the produce of his hunting. Among the 

 Iroquois the wife never left the parental home, because 

 she was considered the mistress, or at least the heiress. 

 Among other nations, however, after a year or two 

 of marriage the husband took her to his parents' home. 

 If this were not done the husband built a house for 

 her and himself. In the house all the duties fell 

 on the young wife, who was moreover required in 

 case of need to look after her parents : this points 

 to residence with or near them. " Some nations," 

 the Jesuit Father tells us, " have wives everywhere 

 where they sojourn for any period when hunting : 

 and I have been assured that this abuse has been 

 introduced for some time among the Huron-speaking 

 peoples, who had always been contented with one 

 wife. But a much greater disorder reigns in the 

 Iroquois canton of Tsbnonthouan, namely, the plurality 

 of husbands." Some of the Algonquian nations had a 

 1 Brett, Legends, 29, 



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