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343 penciled at top of page. Again, page is bisected longitudinally with Indian text on left side and Jews text on right Indian side Among the Creeks a young woman must not marry till after her first separation. If, previous to that time of life, a young man falls in love with her, he speaks for her to her parents, brothers, and relatives, and if all parties are agreed the nuptial contract is made, or in other words, she is betrothed to him, and the relation is considered complete. He is the son in law of her father, and the brother in law of her brothers. - takes all his venison to her as if really married, though this may not in reality happen till a year or two after. yu wi yo ka ___________________ The lamentations of the Indians generally consist in a repetition of the relative name of the deceased preceeded or followed, or both, by musical notes of grief, as hi, a que tsi, hi,hi,hi. Here A que tsi signifies My child, and hi, is a note of grief. Suppose a father or mother is dead, then the name of father or mother is inserted for that of child, and thus through all the relations.

Jews side Espousals alone, were of old esteemed a sufficient foundation for affinity; Hyreanus being here called father in law to Herod because his granddaughter Mariamne was betrothed to him, although the marriage was not completed till four years after. Josephus Vol. 1. P. 497