ɔːlðˈoʊ mˈʌtʃ ʌv tɹˈaɪbəl stɹˈʌktʃɚ hæd dˌɪsɐpˈɪɹd baɪ ðə tˈaɪm ɛθnˈɑːlədʒˌɪst dʒˈeɪmz ˈoʊɪn dˈoːɹsi vˈɪzɪɾᵻd ðˌɛm ɪn luːˌiːzɪˈænə ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti tˈuː ænd wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti θɹˈiː, ðeɪ stˈɪl tɹˈeɪst dᵻsˈɛnt ɪnðə mətˈɜːnəl lˈaɪn, ɪn ɐ mˈætɹɪlˌɪniəl kˈɪnʃɪp sˈɪstəm.
Although much of tribal structure had disappeared by the time ethnologist James Owen Dorsey visited them in Louisiana in 1892 and 1893, they still traced descent in the maternal line, in a matrilineal kinship system.