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The table of phratries and clans furnished Morgan by Copeland 
is as follows: 
I. PANTHER PHRAtTRY (Kor) “ 
1. Wildcat 2. Bird 3. Fish 4. Deer 
(Ko-in-chush ) ( Hii-tiik-fu-shi) (Nun-ni) (Is-si) 
II. SPANISH PuRATRY (ISH-PAN-EE) 
1. Raccoon — 2. Spanish 3. Royal 4. Hush-ko-ni 
(Shii-u-ee ) (Ish-piin-ee) (Ming-ko) 
5. Squirrel 6. Alligator 7. Wolf 8. Blackbird 
(Tun-ni) ( Ho-chon- ( Na-sho-la ) (Chuh-hli ) 
chab-ba) 
Next comes Gibbs’s list, as copied by Gatschet, and verified by the 
writer: 
Spine or Spanish gens; mingos or chiefs could be chosen from this gens 
only, and were hereditary in the female line; sha-6 or raccoon gens; second 
chiefs or headmen were selected from it; kuishto or tiger gens; ko-intchtsh 
or catamount gens; nani or fish gens; issi or deer gens; hal6ba or ? gens; 
foshé or bird gens; hu"shkoné or skunk gens, the least respected of them all. 
Dr. Speck’s treatment of Chickasaw social organization is naturally 
more elaborate. He says: 
Clans are arranged in two groups, each of which has its own religious 
ceremony of a shamanistic nature. The tribe is thus broken up into two 
distinet parts with quite different interests. 
The groups are named Jmosaktca”, ‘‘their hickory chopping,’ and Jntcuk- 
watipa, ‘“‘ Their worn-out place.”’ The former is the superior group, as its men 
were warriors inhabiting substantial lodges, while the latter were known as 
inferior people who lived mostly under trees in the woods. From the leading 
clan of each group a shaman, or prophet (hopdye), was chosen for life, who 
held communion with the gods in its behalf. In connection with sickness, war, 
or migration his services were required before action was taken. He was also 
consulted before the celebration of the Picofa ceremony. 
This prophet, in former times exercising his powerful leadership, is said to 
have followed the Milky Way (ofitSéxube ihinna), and other supernatural 
manifestations such as the direction in which an upright pole leaned at certain 
times, or the direction indicated by the shape of some bear’s excrement. 
Facial painting indicated the group of the wearer, but was only used on 
oceasion of war. The Imosaktcad”™ group painted across and above the cheek 
bones, while the Intcukwaztipa decorated only below the cheek bones. 
When the tribe was called to assemble, the various clans had assigned places 
of encampment on each side of an imaginary line running north and south, 
forming altogether a square which corresponded in general to the camp circle 
of the prairie tribes. 
The clans of the Imosaktca” group, with the remarks of informants, are as 
follows: 
(1) Insaktara”fa, ‘their bank of the river boundary.” It is the highest clan 
of this group, from which the prophet is chosen. They are said to be the 
* The Chickasaw equivalents are given separately in a footnote in the original. Hii-tiik, 
man, is properly no part of the name of the Bird clan; it is employed to designate 
so-and-so as a member of the clan in question. Tun-ni is evidently a misprint for Fun-ni 
and Nii-sho-la for Nii-sho-ba. 
