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Fntri idnction 1 



Classilication of the tribes 7 



Poitulatioii 39 



The Natchez group 45 



The Natchez 45 



Geoiiraphical position 45 



Physical and moral characteristics 48 



Dress and < iriiainents 51 



Tattooing 56 



Arts and industries 57 



Economic" life 67 



Medicine 80 



Birth, education, and the division of labor 86 



Games - 90 



Etiquette 92 



Marriage 94 



Social organization 100 



Method of counting time 108 



Feasts 110 



War 123 



Treaties of peace 134 



Funeral ceremonies 138 



Religion - 158 



Origin of the tribe 181 



History since first white contact 186 



The Taensa 257 



The Avoyel 272 



Muskhogean tribes proper 274 



The Bayogoula 274 



The Quinipissa and Mugulasiia 279 



The Acolapissa 281 



The Tangipahoa 284 



The Houma 285 



The Chakchiuma 292 



The Taposa 296 



The Ibitoupa 297 



The Washa 297 



The Chawasha 300 



The Okelousa 302 



The Pascagoula 302 



The Moctobi 306 



The Mobile bay and Apalachicola river tribes 306 



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