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turn themfelves towards the enemy's country pour- 

 ing forth great menaces, which the winds frequent- 

 ly carry to the other fide. 



It does not appear that the Natchez during 

 their march, exercife thofe cruelties on their pri- 

 foners which are ufual in Canada. When thefe 

 unhappy wretches arrive at the great village, they 

 are made to fing and dance feveral days running 

 before the temple, after which they are delivered 

 up to the relations of thofe who have been killed 

 in the campaign ; who upon receiving them bur ft 

 out into lamentations, and then drying up their 

 tears with the fcalps which the warriors have 

 brought home, they tax themfelves, in order to re- 

 cornpence thofe who have given them the flaves y 

 whole lot is always to be burnt. 



The warriors change their names as they perform 

 new exploits they receive them from the old war- 

 chiefs, and thefe names always bear fome rela- 

 tion to the action by which they have merited this 

 diftinction ; thofe who for the fir ft time have ta- 

 ken a prifoner or cut off a fcalp, mull, for the fpace 

 of a month, refrain from feeing their wives or eat- 

 ing meat. They imagine, that fhould they fail in 

 this, the fouls of thofe they have killed or burnt 

 would occafion their death, or that the firft wound 

 they mould receive from an enemy would prove mor- 

 tal, or at leafb, that they would gain no farther advanta- 

 ges over their enemies. If the grand chief commands 

 his fubjedls in perfon, great care is taken that he 

 do not expofe himfelf too much, lefs, perhaps, out 

 of zeal for his prefervation, than out of fear that 

 the other chiefs of war and principal men of the 

 party, may run the rifk of being put to death, 

 for not having taken better care of him. 



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