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TRANSACTIONS OP THE 



Wun-d&t. 



Woman of Smooth Tsu-ca-e n 



I /arge Turtle gens. 

 Man of Wolf gens Ha-r6-u n -yii 



Woman " " Ya n -di-no 

 Man of Snake gens 1 1 u-ta-hu-sa 



Woman 



U (( 



I M-je-rons 



English. 



Slow Walker. 



One who goes about 



in the Dark; a 



Prowler. 

 Always Hungry. 

 Sitting in curled 



position. 

 One who Ripples 



the Water, &c. 

 The one who puts 



up Quills. 

 Good-Sighted. 



Man of Porcupine JIa n -du-tu n 



gens 

 Woman of Porcu- Ke-va-runs-kwa 



pine gens 



THE 1MIKATKY. 



There arc four phratries in the tribe, the three gentes, 

 Bear, Deer, and Striped Turtle constituting the first; the 

 Highland Turtle, Black Turtle, and Smooth Large Turtle 

 the second; the Hawk, Beaver, and Wolf the third; and 

 the Sea Snake and Porcupine the fourth. 



This unit in their organization has a mythologic basis, 

 and is chiefly used for religious purposes, in the preparation 

 of medicines, and in festivals and games. 



The eleven gentes as four phratries constitute the tribe. 



Each gens is a body of consanguineal kindred in the 

 female line, and each gens is allied to other gentes by eon- 

 sanguineal kinship t hrough the male line, and by affinity 

 through marriage. 



To be a member of the tribe it is necessary to be a mem- 

 ber of a gens; to be a member of a gens it is necessary to 

 belong to some family; and to belong to a family a person 

 must have been born in the family so that the kinship is 

 recognized ; or he must be adopted into a family and become 

 a son, brother, or some definite relative; and this artificial 

 relationship gives him the same standing as actual relation- 



