BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY BULLETIN 43 PLATE 4


a The "common dance" of the Natchez


 b Mortuary rites over the Tattooed-serpent. The
 illustration errs in representing eight bearers of
 the litteron which his body lay instead of six as
 given in the text

NATCHEZ AND CHITIMACHA CUSTOMS
 (From Du Pratz, II, 376; III, 55; I, 105)


c The ceremony of the calumet when peace was con-
 cluded between the Chitimacha Indians and the
 French, 1718