ABSTRACT
In order to obtain a general survey of the subject, it may be advisable to make a rough classification of the material to be dealt with. As things are among primitive peoples, the obtaining of food is undoubtedly of chief importance, so that we may be justified in allowing it to dominate our arrangement. The manner of life, nomadic or settled, the relative extent of settlements, and differentiation must also be taken into consideration, since they are themselves the outcome of political and social conditions. The probable development of cattle-keeping from hunting may be deduced from the consideration of the following facts. Among the Indians of the North-American plains we know that whole communities used to follow one particular herd of buffaloes, with which they thought themselves connected in a mystic way.
