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  As they approach their towns, when fome of
their people are loft in war, they make great lax
mentations for their dead, and bear them long af-
ter in remembrance.

 Some nations abhor adultery, do not approve
of a plurality of wives, and are not guilty of
theft; but there are other tribes that are not fo
fcrupulousin thefe matters. Amongft theChicka-
faws a hufband may cut off the nofe of his
wife, it guilty of adultery; but men are allowed
greater liberty. This nation defpifes a thief.
Among the Cherokees they cut off the nofe and
ears of an adulterers; afterwards her hufband
gives her a discharge; and from this time fhe is
not permitted to refufe any one who prefents
himfelf. Fornication is unnoticed; for they al-
low perfons in a fingle ftate unbounded free-
dom.

 Their form of marriage is fhort.-the man, be-
fore witneffes, gives the bride a deer's foot, and
fhe, in return, prefents him with an ear of corn,
as emblems of their feveral duties.

 The women are very, flaves to the men; which
is a common cafe in rude, unpoliffied nations,
throughout the world. They are charged with
being revengeful; but this revenge is only doing
themfelves juflice on thofe who injure them,
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