MALLERY. | GENTILE DESIGNATIONS. 389 
Many of the devices given in this paper under the heading of personal 
names have this origin. The following figures show a selection of parts 
of animals that may further illustrate the subject. It must, however, 
be borne in mind that some of the cases may be connected with indi- 
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Fig. 514.—Dakota gentile designations. 
vidual visions or with personal adventures and not directly with the 
clan system. In the absence of detailed information in each instance 
discrimination is impossible. 
Schoolcraft says that the Ojibwa always placed the totemic or clan 
