CONTENTS 



Page 



Habitat 1 



History 1 



Evidences of early- occupancy 3 



Place names in St. Tammany parish 6 



Material culture 7 



Habitations 7 



Food : Supply and preparation 8 



Dress and personal decoration 10 



Hair; \ 10 



Painting 10 



Tattooing 10 



Ornaments 10 



Artifacts 11 



Wood 11 



Stone 11 



Leather 11 



Pottery 12 



Horn 13 



Baskets 13 



Dyes 14 



Types 14 



Cords 15 



Metal ' 15 



Social culture 15 



The tribe 16 



Brief list of words used by the Choctaw at Bayou Lacomb 16 



The divisions of the year 17 



Beliefs concerning eclipses 17 



Beliefs concerning thunder and lightning 18 



Transjiortation 18 



Hunting and fishing '. 18 



Games and pastimes 19 



Dances and music 20 



Medicinal plants and treatment 23 



Plants 23 



Forms of treatment 24 



Crimes and punishments 25 



Marriage ceremony ._ 26 



Death and burial 27 



Mourning 27 



Religion 28 



Dreams 29 



Witchcraft 29 



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