They were a nomadic group who traveled from place to place depending on where they could get food, and were described by the Spanish as moving "like animals." The Spanish considered the first group to be the most savage and barbaric since they had no lords, kings, or areas of permanent residence. They also did not wear any type of clothing, which some of these wandering groups of Inca were completely leaderless, working rather as a unit of peers who made decisions collectively. Although the Spanish considered it primitive, it could be argued that this simple way of government was a crude form of democracy and was much more effective than the Spanish perceived. Other groups of these wandering tribes were family units and, although they also had community governance, they submitted to the member of the family who was the eldest or the one considered most capable. These examples of community government were not as savage as the Spanish thought, but rather a different form of government from the monarchies of the