Note 604 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Westermarck, op. cit., 292, 293; Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, IV, 214; Letherman, "Sketch of the Navajo Tribe of Indians," Rep. Smith. Inst., 1855, 294.
On wife-purchase, exchange of presents, and wedding ceremonial among American aborigines see further Martius, Rechtszustande, 57, 58; idem, Ethnographie, I, 108-10; Eells, "Indians of Wash. Ter.," Rep. Smith. Inst., 1887, 665 (price of woman $100 to $400); McGee, "Siouan Indians," XV. Rep. of Bureau of Eth., 178; Dorsey, "Siouan Sociology," ibid., XV, 242; Turner, "Ethnology of the Ungava District," ibid., XI, 188; MacCauley, "Seminole Indians of Florida," ibid., V, 495, 496 (ceremonies); Kohler, "Studien," ZVR., V, 342, 352 ff.; Post, Familienrecht, 183; Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes, II, 48.