Calabar ‘bush-souls,’ 143
Camerons of Glen Nevis properly MacSorlies, 8.
Chattan, Clan, crest of the, 163
Clan, definition of, 11
Clan (phratry) relationship, Mr. Atkinson on, 269
Clandestine intercourse preliminary to marriage, 265
Class system, the, 35; and Mr. Morgan, 89
Class system with male descent among the Arunta, 120
Class and generation correspond, 112
Class names, Herr Cunow on, 113, 118; Dr. Durkheim on, 118;
Mr. Mathews on, 119
Classes, Mr. Morgan’s view of their origin, 92
Classificatory system, Mr. Atkinson on the, 108, 285;
division by generations the most natural one, 286;
age distinction, 290; and group marriage, 292
Classificatory terms, 100
Codrington, Dr., and totem descent, 135;
on Melanesian ancestor-worship, 150;
on social systems in Melanesia, 177;
his totem theory controverted, 181
Commerce, Australian inter-tribal, 6
Communal marriage, Mr. Morgan’s theory, 90; Lord Avebury on, 124
Consanguineous marriages forbidden among Australian tribes, 40
Contiguity, local, constituting relationship, Mr. Atkinson on, 289
Crawley, Mr., on promiscuous sexual relationship, 9;
on the origin of prohibited marriages, 18;
on jealousy in the family, 19;
on the matriarchal theory, 20;
his theory of exogamy, 23;
his view of marriage among savages, 24;
on the prevention of incest, 26;
on terms of relationship, 95;
on marriage by capture, 249;
on mother-in-law avoidance, 278
Cult of the totem, 136
Cunow’s, Herr, opinion on ‘class’ and ‘phratry,’ 37, 112;
on class names, 113;
regards the ‘horde’ as the original stage of society, 114;
his theory of exogamy, 115;
on local totem groups, 116;
his class-name theory opposed by Dr. Durkheim, 118
Daramulun, Australian divinity, 5
Darwin, Mr., his theory of primitive polygamy, 4;
his views on sexual jealousy, 9;
opposed to theory of promiscuity, 99;
on primitive man, 209
Dieri, the, 41; myths, 65, 66, 91, 139, 159, 163;
piraura custom, 95, 105
Diet, effect of, on sexual appetite, 227
Distribution of totems in the ‘phratries,’ 55
Divine intervention, savage and civilised ideas, 91
Domesticated animals in palæolithic age, 4, 5
Dorsey, Mr., his definition of clan, 11;
on totem descent, 135;
and North American Indian group names, 172
Dual relationship, tribal and individual, 88
Durkheim, Dr., on marriage relationship, 19 n;
on blood and totem superstition, 57 n;
on Arunta totemism, 72;
on Arunta ‘phratries’ and marriage, 73;
on the relation of totem and phratry, 74, 82;
on Arunta legends, 75;
on totemic divisions, 83;
on Arunta anomalous marriage system, 85;
opposes Herr Cunow’s theory of class names, 118;
on totem descent, 135
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