The Wyandots, another Iroquoian tribe, maintained the maternal household, though they seem to have reached a later stage of development than the Senecas. They camped in the form of a horse-shoe, every clan together in regular order. Marriage between members of the same clan was forbidden; the children belonged to the clan of the mother. The husbands retained all their rights and privileges in their own _gentes_, though they lived in the _gentes_ of their wives. After marriage the pair resided, for a time, at least, with the wife’s mother, but afterwards they set up housekeeping for themselves.[55] [55] Powell, _Rep. Bur. Ethn._, I, 63. We may note in this change of residence the creeping in of changes which inevitably led in time to the decay of the maternal family and the reassertion of the patriarchal authority of the father. This is illustrated further by the Musquakies, also belonging to the Algonquian stock. Though still organised in clans, descent is no longer reckoned through the mother; the bridegroom, however, serves his wife’s family, and he lives in her home. This does not make him of her clan, but she belongs to his, till his death or divorce separates her from him. As for the children, the minors at the termination of the marriage belong to the mother’s clan, but those who had had the puberty feast are counted to the father’s clan.[56] [56] Owen: _Musquakie Indians_, p. 72. The male authority was felt chiefly in periods of war. This may be illustrated by the Wyandots, who have an elaborate system of government. In each _gens_ there is a small council composed of four women, called _yu-waí-yu-wá-na_; chosen by the heads of the household. These women select a chief of the _gens_ from its male members, that is, from their brothers and sons. He is the head of the _gentile_ council. The council of the tribe is composed of the aggregated _gentile_ councils; and is thus made up of four-fifths of women and one-fifth of men. The _sachem_ of the tribes, or tribal-chief, is chosen by the chiefs of the _gentes_. All the civil government of the _gens_ and of the tribe is carried on by these councils; and as the women so largely outnumbered the men, who are also--with the one exception of the tribal-chief--chosen by them, it is evident that the social government of the _gens_ and tribe is largely controlled by them. On military affairs, however, the men have the direct authority, though, as has been stated, the women have a veto power and are “allowed to exercise a decision in favour of peace.” There is a military council of all the able-bodied men of the tribe, with a military chief chosen by the council.[57] This seems a very wise adjustment of civic duties; the constructive social work and the maintaining of peace directed by the women; the destructive work of war in the hands of men.