[Footnote 98: Among the aborigines of Western Victoria, when life has been taken for life, the feud is ended (Dawson, _op. cit._ p. 70). Among the Greenlanders, if the victim of revenge "be a notorious offender, or hated for his bloody deeds, or if he have no relations, the matter rests"; but more frequently the act of vengeance costs the avenger himself his life (Cranz, _op. cit._ i. 178). Among the Bedouins, "if the family of the man killed should in revenge kill two of the homicide's family, the latter retaliate by the death of one. If one only be killed, the affair rests there and all is quiet; but the quarrel is soon revived by hatred and revenge" (Burckhardt, _Bedouins and Wahábys_, p. 86). In his book, _Das Leben der vorislâmischen Beduinen_, Dr. Jacob likewise observes (p. 144):--"Irrtümlich ist die Ansicht, dass Blut immer neues Blut fordere. Was für einen Getödteten ein Anderer erschlagen, so galt die Sache in der Regel damit für erledigt und abgetan." _Cf._ Achelis, _Moderne Völkerkunde_, p. 407, n. 1.] [Footnote 99: Nelson, 'Eskimo about Bering Strait,' in _Ann. Rep. Bur. Ethn._ xviii. 293. Miklosich. 'Blutrache bei den Slaven,' in _Denkschriften d. kaiserl. Akademie d. Wissensch. Phil.-hist. Classe_, Vienna, xxxvi. 132; &c.] [Footnote 100: Casalis, _op. cit._ p. 225. _Cf._ Boyle, _Adventures among the Dyaks of Borneo_, p. 217; Marsden, _op. cit._ p. 249 _sq._ (Rejangs).] As may be expected, it is only by slow degrees that revenge has yielded to punishment, and the private avenger has been succeeded by the judge and the public executioner of his sentence. Among many savages the chief is said to have nothing whatever to do with jurisdiction.[101] Among {184} others he acts merely as an adviser, or is appealed to as an arbiter;[102] or the injured party may choose between avenging himself and appealing to the chief for redress;[103] or the judicial power with which the chief is invested is stated to be more nominal than real.[104] It is also interesting to note that in several cases the injured party or the accuser acts as executioner, but not as judge. [Footnote 101: Keating, _Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River_, i. 123 (Potawatomis). Richardson, _Arctic Searching Expedition_, ii. 27 (Chippewyans), Carver, _Travels_, p. 259 (Naudowessies). Dobrizhoffer, _Account of the Abipones_, ii. 163; &c.] [Footnote 102: Lewis and Clarke, _Travels to the Source of the Missouri River_, p. 306 _sq._ (Shoshones). Powers, _Tribes of California_, p. 45 (Karok and Yurok). Dunbar, 'Pawnee Indians' in _Magazine of American History_, iv. 261. Arbousset and Daumas, _op. cit._ p. 67 (Mantetis). Ellis, _Yoruba-speaking Peoples of the Slave Coast_, p. 300 (Tshi- and E[(w]e-speaking peoples of the African West Coast). Burckhardt, _Bedouins and Wahábys_, pp. 68, 70. Blunt, _op. cit._ ii. 232 _sq._ (Bedouins of the Euphrates). von Haxthausen, _Transcaucasia_, p. 415 (Ossetes).]