The inner organization of this primitive communistic society was laid bare, in its typical form, by Lewis Henry Morgan's (1818-1861) crowning discovery of the true nature of the gens and its relation to the tribe.
Ilingaphakathi lokuphathwa kwalezindawo zamaphandle ngendlela yobukhomanisi basendulo, okwakuyindlela ejwayelekile yokuphila yalenhlobo yemiphakathi yafumaniswa ngu-Henry Morgan (1818-1861), kulomsebenzi owamenzela isidumo wafumaniswa ukuba imizi noma izihlobo ziphathelana kanjani nesizwana.