Marriage between individuals of the same gens was prohibited; the office of the míko and the succession to property of deceased persons was and is still hereditary in the gens. In the Tukabatchi town the civil rulers or míkalgi were selected from the _eagle_ gens; those of Hitchiti town from the _racoon_ gens only; of Kasi�ta from the _bear_ gens; those of Taskígi probably from the _wind_ gens. The beloved men or ístitchakálgi of Kasi�ta were of the _beaver gens_.