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Fifth sheet Marriage Among the Cherokees, as among other Indian tribes, are seven clans, or families, designated as follows unclear. The Wolf clan -- the Blind savannah clan, -- the Paint clan, -- the Long hair clan, -- the Bird clan, -- the Deer clan, and the Molly clan. All of the same clan, are considered as near relations, and therefore not allowed to intermarry. unclear, it is said, the Cherokees seldom married a second time, as second marriages were not honorable, (unless in the case of a brothers widow, as among the Creeks) I first was not allowed to marry a widow, nor a woman who had been put away by her husband, nor any other woman of a bad character. Polygamy, it is said, was not unclear tolerated, but one man must have only one wife. When a young man desired a virgin in marriage, he consulted her parents, whose consent was deemed absolutely essential. -- All parties being agreed, ie. the parents of the young man & young woman both, the time was appointed for the marriage, and the priest who was to officiate, was notified