This totem they conceive assumes the shape of some beast or other, and therefore they never kill, hunt, or eat the animal whose form they think the totem bears." (*Footnote.

Volume 2 page 109 quoting from Charlevoix volume 3 page 266.) (**Footnote.

Ibid page 110 quoting from Major Long's Exp.

volume 1 chapter 15.) (***Footnote.

Voyages and Travels page 86.) Civilized nations, in their heraldic bearings, preserve traces of the same custom.
BETROTHMENTS AND MARRIAGES.
Female children are always betrothed within a few days after their birth; and from the moment they are betrothed the parents cease to have any control over the future settlement of their child.