Book 18. (7 results) Blood Brothers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 394 | Mahpiyasapa, on the other View more quotes about hand">hand, had been extremely displeased that Canka, despite being informed of the intended disposition of the white female, had asserted his war rights of slave capture, and, desiring her mightily, had taken her for himself. |
| 1 | 395 | Mahpiyasapa, incidentally, as I have mentioned, was the civil chief of the Isbu. |
| 1 | 396 | Among the red savages there are various sorts of chief. |
| 1 | 397 | The primary types of chief are the war chief, the medicine chief and the civil chief. |
| 1 | 398 | One may be, interestingly, only one sort of chief at a time. |
| 1 | 399 | This, like the rotation of police powers among warrior societies, is a portion of the checks and balances, so to speak, which tend to characterize tribal governance. |
| 1 | 400 | Other checks and balances are such things as tradition and custom, the closeness of the governed and the governors, multiple-family interrelatednesses, the election of chiefs, the submission of significant matters to a council, and, ultimately, the feasibility of simply leaving the group, in greater or lesser numbers. |
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Mahpiyasapa, on the other hand, had been extremely displeased that Canka, despite being informed of the intended disposition of the white female, had asserted his war rights of slave capture, and, desiring her mightily, had taken her for himself.
Mahpiyasapa, incidentally, as I have mentioned, was the civil chief of the Isbu.
Among the red savages there are various sorts of chief.
The primary types of chief are the war chief, the medicine chief and the civil chief.
One may be, interestingly, only one sort of chief at a time.
This, like the rotation of police powers among warrior societies, is a portion of the checks and balances, so to speak, which tend to characterize tribal governance.
Other checks and balances are such things as tradition and custom, the closeness of the governed and the governors, multiple-family interrelatednesses, the election of chiefs, the submission of significant matters to a council, and, ultimately, the feasibility of simply leaving the group, in greater or lesser numbers.
- (Blood Brothers of Gor)