Note 599 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
Reading edition
Beckwith, "Customs of the Dakotahs," Rep. Smith. Inst., 1886, Part I, 255-57. Compare Riggs, "Dakota Grammar," Cont. to N. A. Eth., IX, 205, 206. "Dowries" are exchanged among the Coast Indians: Niblack, Rep. Smith. Inst., 1888, Nat. Mus., 367, 368. Bundles of presents are used by the Abipones: Klemm, Kulturgeschichte, II, 75, 76.