﻿720 
  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  girl. 
  Her 
  consent 
  was 
  usually, 
  but 
  apparently 
  not 
  always, 
  

   sought. 
  The 
  bride-price 
  consisted 
  of 
  llamas, 
  mantles, 
  shirts, 
  adorn- 
  

   ments 
  (llarykas), 
  food, 
  chicha, 
  and, 
  later, 
  chickens, 
  cattle, 
  horses, 
  

   bridles, 
  spurs, 
  and 
  other 
  valuables. 
  From 
  10 
  to 
  100 
  such 
  items 
  

   might 
  be 
  demanded, 
  although 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  always 
  required 
  to 
  pay 
  all 
  at 
  

   once. 
  The 
  relatives 
  and 
  friends 
  of 
  the 
  groom 
  would 
  contribute 
  

   toward 
  the 
  bride-price 
  if 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  get 
  it 
  together 
  unaided, 
  which 
  

   put 
  him 
  under 
  a 
  debt 
  of 
  honor 
  to 
  reciprocate 
  when 
  later 
  they 
  should 
  

   need 
  his 
  contributions. 
  The 
  bride-price 
  was 
  turned 
  over 
  primarily 
  

   to 
  the 
  girl's 
  father 
  or 
  other 
  elder 
  relative, 
  some 
  of 
  it 
  directly 
  to 
  her 
  

   mother. 
  Much 
  of 
  it 
  was 
  distributed 
  to 
  her 
  paternal 
  and 
  maternal 
  

   uncles, 
  her 
  brothers, 
  and 
  other 
  kin, 
  and 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  consumed 
  at 
  the 
  

   marriage 
  feast, 
  to 
  which 
  her 
  father 
  and 
  kin 
  also 
  contributed 
  large 
  

   quantities 
  of 
  chicha. 
  

  

  Dramatized 
  capture 
  of 
  the 
  bride, 
  or 
  simulated 
  reluctance 
  and 
  re- 
  

   sistance 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  her 
  and 
  her 
  female 
  relatives 
  and 
  friends, 
  very 
  

   commonly 
  accompanied 
  marriage, 
  and 
  followed 
  various 
  patterns. 
  

   The 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  girl's 
  father 
  or 
  parents 
  having 
  been 
  obtained, 
  the 
  

   groom 
  with 
  some 
  male 
  relatives 
  or 
  friends 
  would 
  seize 
  the 
  girl 
  at 
  her 
  

   father's 
  house 
  or 
  elsewhere; 
  she 
  would 
  scream 
  and 
  struggle; 
  her 
  women 
  

   relatives 
  and 
  friends 
  or 
  her 
  parents 
  and 
  brothers 
  would 
  put 
  up 
  a 
  sim- 
  

   ulated 
  but 
  rough-and-tumble 
  resistance; 
  the 
  girl 
  would 
  be 
  carried 
  away 
  

   by 
  the 
  groom 
  on 
  horseback 
  to 
  his 
  house 
  or 
  to 
  the 
  woods 
  near 
  thereto; 
  

   after 
  1 
  to 
  3 
  days, 
  he 
  with 
  the 
  girl 
  and 
  his 
  companions 
  would 
  go 
  to 
  her 
  

   house 
  where 
  her 
  mother 
  would 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  meal. 
  Then, 
  or 
  a 
  short 
  

   time 
  after, 
  the 
  bride-price 
  was 
  given 
  over 
  and 
  the 
  wedding 
  feast 
  

   celebrated. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  simulated 
  capture 
  with 
  the 
  father's 
  consent 
  and 
  with 
  or 
  

   without 
  the 
  previous 
  consent 
  of 
  the 
  girl 
  or 
  against 
  her 
  wishes, 
  and 
  

   apart 
  from 
  marriages 
  with 
  women 
  captured 
  or 
  stolen 
  from 
  out-group 
  

   or 
  enemy 
  tribes, 
  some 
  instances 
  of 
  in-group 
  real 
  capture 
  and 
  forcible 
  

   detention 
  against 
  both 
  the 
  girl's 
  and 
  her 
  parent's 
  wishes 
  may 
  have 
  oc- 
  

   curred. 
  (Cf. 
  Claude 
  Joseph, 
  1933-34, 
  pp. 
  707-08.) 
  But 
  generally 
  

   the 
  father's 
  consent 
  was 
  obtained 
  post 
  factum 
  and 
  the 
  bride-price 
  

   given 
  over 
  to 
  him. 
  In 
  very 
  rare 
  cases, 
  if 
  the 
  seized 
  girl 
  was 
  unwilling 
  

   at 
  all 
  to 
  live 
  with 
  her 
  simulative 
  (or 
  real) 
  captor, 
  she 
  hanged 
  herself 
  

   (Moesbach, 
  1936, 
  p. 
  241). 
  Some 
  elopements, 
  too, 
  occurred, 
  with 
  the 
  

   consent 
  of 
  the 
  girl 
  but 
  without 
  that 
  of 
  her 
  parents. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  after 
  

   capture 
  or 
  elopement, 
  if 
  the 
  father 
  absolutely 
  refused 
  post 
  factum 
  

   consent, 
  his 
  daughter 
  was 
  returned 
  to 
  him 
  (Havestadt, 
  1883, 
  2:639). 
  

  

  The 
  wedding 
  rites 
  and 
  observances 
  consisted 
  mainly 
  of 
  the 
  transfer 
  

   and 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  bride-price, 
  of 
  the 
  rendering 
  of 
  specially 
  com- 
  

   posed 
  ballads, 
  of 
  a 
  sacrifice 
  of 
  a 
  llama 
  or 
  other 
  animal, 
  of 
  singing, 
  

   dancing, 
  feasting, 
  and, 
  of 
  course, 
  very 
  liberal 
  imbibing 
  of 
  chicha 
  or 
  

  

  