Note 135 — Chapter VI · ToC
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Bachofen's work was foreshadowed by an earlier writer, Father Lafiteau, who published his Mœurs des sauvages américains in 1721. Das Mutterrecht was published in 1861. McLennan, ignorant of Bachofen's work, followed immediately after with his account of the Indian Hill Tribes. He was followed by Morgan, with his knowledge of Iroquois, and many other investigators.