THE NOMADIC I'EOPLKS. l<)i 



clans into snuiU units/ the tie being such that marriage 

 could not take place within the group, but no well 

 defined phratrics appear. 



It was only after persistent inquiry that anything 

 concerning clans could be learned among the Arizona 

 Apache, although Bourke published a list of such clans 

 many 3'ears ago. The difficulty seem to be the result 

 of real decadence in the feehng for clans and clan re- 

 strictions. The myth recounting the origin of the 

 clans which was finally secured is similar to that told 

 by the Navajo and many of the names of the clans are 

 the same. Among the Navajo and Apache descent is 

 in the female line, the children belonging to the mothers' 

 clan. 



Among the Pima, Russell reports the existence of five 

 groups in which descent was traced in the male line. 

 These he says have no relation to marriage or cere- 

 monies and have no internal organization. It seems 

 probable that such divisions in order to exist must 

 some time have had a greater significance than they 

 appear to have now. 



Social Customs. 



The young men among the Apache in former days 

 secured their brides by displaying their abihty as 

 hunters. The man came to the lodge of his chosen 

 maiden with a deer which he placed outside. If her 

 family were wilhng to have him as a son-in-law, the 



