The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.

Dying people in pre-industrial cultures typically died in the context of an extended family, clan, or tribe.

The band is growing and the wagon keeps coming. The Clan is expanding; the Tribe keeps increasing; stretching miles away o'er land and sea! Each hoping; each yearning with longings to meet someday!

The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.