When the association of kinsmen failed, the voluntary associations - gilds - appeared as substitutes.
It was regarded as a universal duty to afford protection to one's kinsmen, to assist them in the redress of wrongs and to exact vengeance or compensation in case of death.
The natives are Micronesians, and are darker and shorter than their kinsmen, the Caroline Islanders.
In the year 871 these two gallant kinsmen fought no less than six pitched battles against the invaders.
Their kinsmen and dependents were equally welcomed.
