CONTENTS, vii 



LETTER XXVI. 



Departure from the Fort of the River St. Jofeph. 

 Sources of the Theakiki : What pajfes at the 

 Death of the Indians ; of their Funerals and 

 Tombs. Of their Mourning and Widowhood. 

 Of the Feftival of the Dead 183 



LETTER XXVII. 



Voyage to Pimitiouy. Of the River of the Illinois ; 

 Reception of Pr if oners of War among ft that People. 

 Manner of burning them. Some particulars of their 

 Manner of living 197 



LETTER XXVIII. 



Voyage from Pimiteouy to Cafkafquias. Courfe of 

 the River of the Illinois. Of the Copper Mines. 

 Of the MhTouri. Of the Mines of the River 

 Marameg. Defcription of Fort Chartres, and 

 of the Miff on of Kaikafquias. Of the Fruit - 

 trees of Louifiana. Defcription of the Miffiffip- 

 pi above the Ilinois. Different tribes of that Na- 

 tion. Some 'Traditions of the Indians. Their No- 

 tions about the Stars, Eclipfes and Thunder. Their 

 Manner of calculating Time _ 215 



LETTER XXIX. 



Of the Colony of the Illinois. Voyage to Akanfas. 

 Defcription of the Country 235 



LETTER XXX. 



Voyage from the Akanfas to the Natchez. Defcrip- 

 tion of the Country. Of the River of the Yafous. 

 Of the Cujloms, Manners, and Religion of the 

 Natchez 249 



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