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dividual and dan hitcak'o’ro, on the other. In the former there 
is the bond of blood, real or fictitious, in the latter only that of 
mutual service. On the other hand, while the hidek'-hitcycge 
relation, the individual hitcak'o-ro , and the clan hitcak'o’ro may 
be all of different historical origin, they are psychologically the 
same. The postulation even of a fictitious blood bond between 
the different individual hitcak'rro and the clan hitcak'rro is not 
unheard of. For the hitcak'o’ro relation of individuals this is 
always possible, for if one individual dies, his hitcak'rro is generally 
adopted to fill his place. On the other hand, the myths seem to 
indicate that no blood bone was regarded as existing between 
them, for they generally married each other’s sisters. 
What historical relation the clan hitcak'o’ro bears to the 
individual hitcak'o’ro relation of individuals, it is impossible 
to state, but the remarks made before are pertinent here, and 
no genetic relationship need be postulated. 
The " Servant ” Relationship . 
The hitcak'o’ro relation is entirely one between equals, 
irrespective of the inequality of one member of this grouping, 
with regard to the other, in social standing. The Bear clan is, 
for instance, incomparably greater than the Wolf, but this is 
entirely forgotten here. In addition to this “friendship,” 
there seems to exist a faintly developed “servant” relation. 
The concept of servant is not that conveyed by the English 
word. It means essentially that a certain clan performs a service 
for another without that specific service being reciprocal. 
Among the Winnebago such a relation exists between the Thunder- 
bird and Buffalo, and the Thunderbird and Elk clans. This is 
not to be confused with the general subordination of all the 
other clans to the Thunderbird and Bear clans when these exercise 
their specific governmental functions. This “servant” relation- 
ship between the Thunderbird and Buffalo clans is politically 
expressed by the fact that a member of the latter visits the 
chief every morning to receive certain directions from him, 
which he then announces to the whole village. But this relation- 
ship expresses itself in another more striking manner — the 
