MICHELSON— PIEGAN CONSANGUINITY 



313) contains the same error pointed out in the discussion of page 

 296. The term for "my father's brother" (p. 313) is completely dif- 

 ferent from the one given by Michelson's informants. Morgan was 

 entirely right in giving "my father's brother's children" as "my 

 brothers and sisters" (see pp. 314-317), but the actual terms given 

 contain the same errors pointed out in the criticism of pages 298, 299, 

 300, and 301. 



Morgan's Blood records, as noted above, are somewhat better than 

 his Piegan ones. The term given for "my father's sister" (p. 322) is 

 wholly different from that recorded by Michelson. Phonetically it 

 resembles the term given by Morgan for ne-to-tah' -se "my father's 

 sister's husband". Compare also the remarks by Spier. Hence there 

 can be no doubt that a mistake has occurred owing to some mis- 

 understanding. It may be noted that the word for "my father's 

 sister's son" (p. 323), with female speaker, is the same as that given 

 by Grinnell to mean "my daughter-in-law, my sister-in-law"; and the 

 one recorded by Michelson with the meaning "my wife's sister" (not 

 also "my brother's wife"). Etymologically the word means "my far- 

 away-wife", which certainly is good evidence that Morgan's informa- 

 tion is faulty, especially as among the Piegan a man's wife's sisters 

 are his potential wives. This ethnological fact supports Michelson's 

 information as opposed to that of Grinnell. The Blood equivalent 

 recorded by Morgan (no-in'-na) is unquestionably the same as the 

 Piegan term for "my brother, my mother's brother", female speaker, 

 recorded by Michelson (noyi'ndw a ). Schedule 96 (p. 325) contains 

 the same error pointed out in the discussion of page 299. The term 

 given in schedule 101 (p. 326) must be a mistake if Michelson's 

 information is correct. The word given for "my mother's brother" 

 (p. 330) is certainly due to some misunderstanding. The Blood term 

 is confirmed by Grinnell, Wissler, and Michelson. The term given on 

 page 339 for "my mother's sister" is opposed to the information of 

 Wissler, Curtis, and Michelson. Grinnell also partially coincides with 

 these last. Morgan is quite right in giving the scheme that one's 

 mother's sister's children (pp. 340, 341, 342, 343) are one's brothers 

 and sisters, but commits the same errors as pointed out in the criti- 

 cism of pages 299-301, inclusive. The word ne-ta'-so-ko (p. 371), 

 meaning "my wife's father", has no equivalent by other writers. It 

 should be noted, however, that, as in a few other cases, the Blood 

 term recorded by Morgan can be substantiated as opposed to the 

 Piegan one; it corresponds to the Piegan term recorded by Grinnell, 

 Wissler, Uhlenbeck, and Michelson. The error is probably due to the 

 use of the half-breed Cree interpreter. The writer cannot suggest 



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