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Marriage. A man who wants a wife, never applys in person. He sends his sister, his mother, or some other female relation, to the female relations of the woman he names. They consult the brothers, uncles, on the maternal side, and sometimes the father; but this is a compliment only, as his approbation or opposition is of no avail. If the party applied to approves of the match, they answer accordingly to the woman who made the application. The bride groom then gets together a blanket and such other articles of clothing as he is able to do, and sends them by the women to the females of the family of the bride. If they accept of them, the match is made; and the man may then go to her house as soon as he chuses. And when he has built a house, made his crop, & gathered it in, then made his hunt & brought home the meat, & put all this in the possession of his wife, the ceremony ends; and they are married, or as they express it, the woman is bound. From the first going to the house of the woman,till the ceremony ends, he is completely in possession of her. This law has been understood differently by some hasty cuckolds, who insist that when they have assisted the woman to plant her crops, the ceremony ends, and the woman is bound. A man never marries in his own tribe.