A place and time will make your question appropriate for this subreddit; otherwise you might want to take this to /r/askanthropology, if your question is generic for all tribal people (and in which case, the answer with qualifications will be yes, but the replacement of him - or her! - varied according to the culture).

Sorry, we don't allow throughout history questions. These tend to produce threads which are collections of trivia, not the in-depth discussions about a particular topic we're looking for. If you have a specific question about a historical event or period or person, please feel free to re-compose your question and submit it again. Alternatively, you may PM /u/caffarelli to have your question considered for an upcoming Tuesday Trivia thread.