Note 706 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT
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Accordingly, it is sometimes regarded as a disgrace to marry without payment of the bride-price; and the girl takes pride in the amount she brings to her father. For examples see Wake, op. cit., 183, 191; Bancroft, Native Races, I, 277, 349, 350; Powers, Tribes of California, 22, 56.