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the bear in others, although both are also often found together. 
Looking at our facts from another point of view, it is quite 
clear that clan segregation must not be taken too literally. 
Clan exogamy would necessarily prevent that. If the old 
exogamy of the two divisions was in force and a man was thus 
compelled to marry into his mother’s division but not into her 
clan, every village would have had to be arranged in an extremely 
artificial manner, that was not likely to have occurred frequently. 
That a man often lived with his parents-in-law, would in addition 
again disorganize the regularity of the scheme. Finally, we have 
the evidence of the myths, which often speak of a man as depart- 
ing on a journey when seeking a bride. All these customs, 
cutting across the village scheme in a number of ways, must 
have rendered it a rather complex unit. That, in spite of all 
this, clan exogamy could have been maintained even in a small 
village is unquestionable, but the reason for this lay, we suspect, 
in the limitation of the concept of blood-relations. With 
these considerations in mind, we may, then, admit clan segre- 
gation. 
Individual Names. 
With the animal appellation of the clan, one naturally 
associates animal names of individuals, for there is, indeed, 
a correlation between them. Animal names of individuals 
are, however, frequently found when the social units have 
names of an entirely different kind. A similar lack of correlation 
exists between the manner and system of naming and the type 
of social organization. That, on the other hand, the social 
organization may fundamentally influence the nature of the 
individual name is also apparent. Only with these points in 
mind can the Winnebago individual names become intelligible. 
The study of Winnebago names can be approached from a 
purely static point of view, and the attempt made to bring 
them analytically under a certain system of naming; or, on the 
other hand, from a dynamic historical view-point. We shall 
try to undertake both. Every clan has a distinct set of names. 
The Winnebago individual names lend themselves easily 
to categories of classification. We have the following classes: 
