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LETTER IIL 



7o the fame. 



lUefcription of the religious Cujloms and Ceremonies 

 of fome Nations which inhabit the Banks of the 

 , great River MilTifippi. Confpiracy of the Natches 

 ■ ^gainji the French. 



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f^%^^ AM now arrived at the place where 

 ^ I ¥^ the great nation of the Natches for- 

 k.^^^ meriy livedo of /^hich the public 

 news have faid fo much, 'fl^s afferted^ that this 

 formidable nation gave laws to others, on ac- 

 count of the great extent of their country^. 

 They inhabited all the fpace of land between 

 the river Menchaky . which is about fifty leagues 

 from the fea, and the river Hoyo^ which is near 

 460 leagues from the fea. 



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