Note 65 — VOYAGES AND TRAVELS (continued 2)

Long was the first to apply the word “totamism” to that system of beliefs and family relationships, now recognized as the basis of primitive society. The theory of clan relationships, as expressed by totems, was first developed by M’Lennan in a series of articles published in the Fortnightly Review, 1869–71. On the general theory, see Lang, Myth, Ritual, and Religion (London, 1887), i, pp. 58–81. On the totemism of the American Indian there is a large literature. The following are useful: Schoolcraft, Indian Tribes of the United States (Philadelphia, 1851–57); Brinton, Myths of New World (Philadelphia, 3d ed., 1896).—Ed.