The Ottawas are armigeri, are heraldic; so are the natives of Vancouver's
Island, who have wooden pillars with elaborate quarterings. Examples are
in South Kensington Museum. But this savage heraldry is not nearly so
common as the institution of totemism. Thus it is difficult to prove
that the heraldry is the origin of totemism, which is just as likely, or
more likely, to have been the origin of savage heraldic crests and
quarterings. Mr. Max Muller allows that there may be other origins.